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Cornwall has 13 stone circles to visit, the most impressive being The Hurlers on Bodmin Moor, and the smallest being Duloe.
Duloe Stone Circle (pictured right) lies within walking distance of the main road leading from Liskeard to Looe. It has a diameter of 11.9 x 11.3 m (Approx. 39 x 37ft).
Seven of its eight remaining quartz stones are less than 1.8m (6ft) high. The highest is 2.6m (8ft 6in) tall, and is located at the south of the circle, weighing approximately twelve tons.
The Cornish circles are of granite, but there is a source of quartz close to Duloe, confirming that prehistoric people used what material there was to hand. Excavations in 1861 and 1967 revealed a ribbon-handled urn of the mid-second millennium BC and strewn charcoal.
National Grid Reference: SX 235583
The Hurlers (left) are located on the outskirts of the village of Minions, on Bodmin Moor, and are a group of three separate stone circles, dating from the Bronze Age.
They was first noted by historian John Norden in 1584, with the first detailed description being made by William Borlase in 1754.
According to local folklore, the stones were once men; foolishly, they decided to play hurlers on the Sabbath, and were turned to stone for their sins.
National Grid Reference: SX 259714
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