The Hurlers

The Hurlers is a group of three stone circles in the civil parish of St Cleer, Cornwall. The name 'Hurlers' derives from a legend, in which men were playing Cornish hurling on a Sunday and were magically transformed into stones as punishment.

The Hurlers comprises three stone circles that lie on a line from SSW to NNE, and have diameters of 35 metres, 42 metres and 33 metres. The two outer stone circles are circular. The middle circle, the largest is slightly elliptical. The survival of the southern stone circle, which now contains nine stones, has been most precarious: only two of the remaining stones are upright and the other seven are partially covered with soil. In the middle circle 14 stones survive out of 28. The stones show clear traces of being hammered smooth. The northern stone circle contained around 30 standing stones, from which 15 are still visible. Two other monoliths, the Pipers, are 100 metres southwest of the middle circle and may be entrance stones to the Hurlers.

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St Cleer, United Kingdom

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Founded: 3500-2000 BCE
Category: Prehistoric and archaeological sites in United Kingdom