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merry maidens and stone rings.
merry maidens stone circle. these stone rings seem closely related to the round houses which are contemporary with them. the tradition of circular monuments is long standing, from henges to stone circles, round barrows to round houses and that they share the same ground plans suggest an overarching cosmology. ‘the geometric form of the circle provided a template for understanding the world’ (bradley 1998). that on ‘bodmin moor and in west penwith and elsewhere we find circles within circles within circles, in the form of rings of cairns on the hills, stone circles, circular houses, and circular post rings within these houses. (bradley 1998). here again, form and content are intimately related and provide a further interdependence between the house as a practical entity and its symbolic value, its importance in the material provision of life and in which daily ritual becomes imbedded
merry maidens and stone rings.
merry maidens stone circle. these stone rings seem closely related to the round houses which are contemporary with them. the tradition of circular monuments is long standing, from henges to stone circles, round barrows to round houses and that they share the same ground plans suggest an overarching cosmology. ‘the geometric form of the circle provided a template for understanding the world’ (bradley 1998). that on ‘bodmin moor and in west penwith and elsewhere we find circles within circles within circles, in the form of rings of cairns on the hills, stone circles, circular houses, and circular post rings within these houses. (bradley 1998). here again, form and content are intimately related and provide a further interdependence between the house as a practical entity and its symbolic value, its importance in the material provision of life and in which daily ritual becomes imbedded
the merry maidens stone circle.
the merry maidens stone circle or dawns-maen sits just below the 100m contour, at 98mod, the lowest in altitude and nearest to the coast of the four remaining circles in west penwith. all seem to be culturally related, with the merry maiden, boscawen-un and tregaseal all having similar numbers of stones (19-20) with a wider gap forming the entrance, in this case on the eastern side. it has a number of outliers in its immediate vicinity with two of the largest standing stones in cornwall, the pipers, to its northeast, and goonrith or gunrith to its west. holed standing stones are also close by. a date around 2500bc is suggested. (burl)
a second circle situated to the south west of present circle, was recorded in the early eighteenth century by borlase, who noted the presence of four upright and three recumbent stones forming a circle of about 30 paces in diameter. it was seen again by haniwell in 1861, but most of the stones were by then ‘thrown down and concealed by furze’ (barnatt 1982
the merry maidens stone circle.
the merry maidens stone circle or dawns-maen sits just below the 100m contour, at 98mod, the lowest in altitude and nearest to the coast of the four remaining circles in west penwith. all seem to be culturally related, with the merry maiden, boscawen-un and tregaseal all having similar numbers of stones (19-20) with a wider gap forming the entrance, in this case on the eastern side. it has a number of outliers in its immediate vicinity with two of the largest standing stones in cornwall, the pipers, to its northeast, and goonrith or gunrith to its west. holed standing stones are also close by. a date around 2500bc is suggested. (burl)
a second circle situated to the south west of present circle, was recorded in the early eighteenth century by borlase, who noted the presence of four upright and three recumbent stones forming a circle of about 30 paces in diameter. it was seen again by haniwell in 1861, but most of the stones were by then ‘thrown down and concealed by furze’ (barnatt 1982