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One of Cornwall’s finest stone circles, the ‘Nine Maidens’ site dates from late Neolithic-early Bronze Age (2500-1500 BC). Nineteen upright stones form an ellipse, with a leaning central stone about 8 feet high. All of the stones are granite except one pure quartz stone – quartz is believed to have had healing significance for theContinue reading “Boscawen-ûn Stone Circle”