Hurlers
Stone Circle
England
region: Cornwall
Grid Ref: SX259714, Latitude: 50.515864, Longitude: -4.456043
This site is on the map OS Landranger sheet 201, Plymouth & surrounding area which you can buy from Amazon.co.uk
Three stone circles with diameters around 35m are grouped
together on Bodmin Moor to make up the Hurlers, named from the
legend of 'men being turned to stone for profaning the Lord's day
but hurling the ball'
The Hurlers, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
Other sites nearby -
Craddock Moor , Stone Circle, 1.2km, SX248718
Craddock Moor , Stone Row/Alignment, 2.1km, SX239720
Langstone Downs , Stone Row/Alignment, 2.4km, SX253737
Trethevy Quoit, Dolmen, 2.6km
Goodaver, Stone Circle, 6.3km, SX208751
Nine Stones, Stone Circle, 7.1km, SX236781
East Moor , Stone Row/Alignment, 7.3km, SX223778
Carneglos , Stone Row/Alignment, 8.5km, SX198773
Tolborough Tor , Stone Row/Alignment, 10.6km, SX175778
Leskernick Hill , Stone Row/Alignment, 11.1km, SX187798
Castlewitch, henge, 11.6km, SX371685
Stripple Stones, Stone Circle, 12.1km, SX144752
Colvannick Tor , Stone Row/Alignment, 13.1km, SX128718
Trippet Stones, Stone Circle, 13.3km, SX131750
Duloe, Stone Circle, 13.3km, SX235583
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Last updated 17 Oct 2000