Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MERRY MAIDENS

MERRY MAIDENS, a Druidical circle in St. Buryan parish, Cornwall; 4¾ miles SW of Penzance. It once had nineteen stones; it still has sixteen in upright position; and it has twelve of these in the form of a ring 82 feet in diameter.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a Druidical circle"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: St Buryan CP/AP       Cornwall AncC

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