The Pipers are a pair of
standing stones near
The Hurlers stone circles, located on
Bodmin Moor near the village of
Minions, Cornwall,
UK. They share the name with another pair of standing stones near the
Merry Maidens to the south of the village of
St Buryan
St Buryan ( kw, Pluwveryan) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The village of St Buryan is situated approximately west of Penzance along the B3283 to ...
, also in Cornwall.
Description
The Pipers are approximately 2 metres high and the width between them is about the same distance. They are situated about 120 metres west-south-west of the central
Hurlers circle. According to folklore they represent musicians playing for three circles of dancers who were turned to stone for engaging in festivities on a holy day.
The area around the Pipers is notable in archaeology for the discovery of a bronze dagger and gold beaker along with some beads and flint at
Rillaton Barrow
Rillaton Barrow ( kw, Krug Reslegh) is a Bronze Age round barrow in Cornwall, UK. The site is on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor in the parish of Linkinhorne about four miles (6 km) north of Liskeard.
Rillaton Barrow was excavated in 1837 ...
in 1818, approximately 550 m north of the Pipers.
Further reading
*
Burl, Aubrey, ''The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany'' (Yale University Press) 2000.
References
External links
Illustrated entry in the Megalithic Portal
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Megalithic monuments in England
Stone Age sites in Cornwall
Bodmin Moor
Tourist attractions in Cornwall
Prehistoric sites in Cornwall