[1766] The Hurlers, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall

The Hurlers (Cornish: An Hurlysi is a group of three stone circles in the civil parish of St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK.

 

The name "Hurlers" derives from a legend, in which men were playing Cornish hurling on a Sunday and were magically transformed into stones as punishment. According to another legend, it is impossible to accurately count the number of standing stones. Dating to the early Bronze Age, the Hurlers lie in a remarkable ‘ceremonial landscape’ of stone circles, stone rows, standing stones, cists and cairns.

 

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www.wikizero.com/en/The_Hurlers_(stone_circles)

www.historic-cornwall.org.uk/a2m/bronze_age/stone_circle/...

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