Pipers

Standing Stones

England

region: Cornwall
Grid Ref: SW435248, Latitude: 50.067263, Longitude: -5.584806
This site is on the map OS Landranger sheet 203, Land's End.. which you can buy from Amazon.co.uk

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Two tall stones stand proudly in adjacent fields - the northeastern one is 4.6m tall and the south-western stone is 4.1m.

north-eastern Piper (photo Richard Mudhar 1997) NE Piper is on the left, the SW stone is on the right.

These are the tallest menhirs standing in Cornwall.


Other sites nearby -


Merry Maidens, Stone Circle, 0.4km
Gun Rith, Standing Stone, 0.7km
Trelew, Standing Stone, 2.5km
Boscawen-Un, Stone Circle, 3.5km
Drift Stones, Standing Stones, 3.5km
Lanyon Quoit, Dolmen, 8.9km
Kenidjack Common , Stone Row/Alignment, 9.0km, SW389325
Tregeseal, Stone Circle, 9.0km
Chun Quoit, Dolmen, 9.8km
Men An Tol, Standing Stones, 10.1km
Nine Maidens, Stone Circle, 10.3km, SW436351
Boskednan , Stone Circle, 10.3km, SW436351
Barrow, Barrow, 10.5km, SW432353
Treen Common , Stone Circle, 11.8km, SW444366
Zennor Quoit, Dolmen, 13.6km

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Text and photographs © Richard Mudhar 1996,1997,1998,1999,2000 unless otherwise credited
Last updated 17 Oct 2000