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Nine Maidens Stone Row, south-west of Wadebridge

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Nine Maidens Stone Row, south-west of Wadebridge
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Nine Maidens Stone Row, south-west of Wadebridge is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Dated to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the Nine Maidens Stone Row is likely associated with ritual or ceremonial activity, common for such linear arrangements in prehistoric Britain. Local folklore sometimes interprets the stones as representing a group of transformed women, a motif found in various Celtic traditions.

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Photo: G Laird · CC BY-SA 2.0