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the pipers of boleigh standing stones.
the pipers of boleigh standing stones. a pair of outliers to the merry maidens stone circle on a north east south west orientation and pointing directly towards the stone circle. these impressive stones are among the tallest in west penwith being 4.1 and 4.7m in height, the shorter of the two being furthest from the circle and leaning heavily to the northwest. their name derives from a myth that describes them as frozen pipers so formed for their part in revelries at the merry maidens on the sabbeth. another that they mark the spot where aethelstan and howeth fought in the 10th century and represent the two leaders. howeth was the leader of the cornish celts
the pipers of boleigh standing stones.
the pipers of boleigh standing stones. a pair of outliers to the merry maidens stone circle on a north east south west orientation and pointing directly towards the stone circle. these impressive stones are among the tallest in west penwith being 4.1 and 4.7m in height, the shorter of the two being furthest from the circle and leaning heavily to the northwest. their name derives from a myth that describes them as frozen pipers so formed for their part in revelries at the merry maidens on the sabbeth. another that they mark the spot where aethelstan and howeth fought in the 10th century and represent the two leaders. howeth was the leader of the cornish celts