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Merry Maidens
The Merry Maidens
The Merry Maidens is located in Southwest Cornwall
The Merry Maidens
Shown within Southwest Cornwall
LocationCornwall
Coordinates50°03′54″N 5°35′23″W / 50.06504°N 5.58973°W / 50.06504; -5.58973
TypeStone circle
History
PeriodsNeolithic
Site notes
ConditionGood
OwnershipCASPN

The Merry Maidens (grid reference SW432245), also known as Dawn's Men (a likely corruption of the Cornish Dons Men "Stone Dance") is a late neolithic stone circle located 2 miles (3 km) to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall. A pair of standing stones, The Pipers is associated both geographically and in legend.

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