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The Nine Maidens stone alignment is a Bronze Age monument located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, comprising a row of standing stones that dates to the second millennium before the common era. The alignment consists of nine granite stones arranged in a roughly north-south line, representing a characteristic form of ritual or ceremonial monument from the Bronze Age period. Associated with this alignment is the Fiddler, a separate standing stone situated nearby, which forms part of the broader prehistoric landscape of ritual monuments on Bodmin Moor. The site also encompasses two round barrows of Bronze Age date, which would have functioned as burial monuments for elite members of prehistoric communities and contribute to the archaeological significance of this concentration of Bronze Age monuments in the locality.
The Nine Maidens stone alignment, The Fiddler standing stone and two Bronze Age round barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021223. View the official record →
The Nine Maidens stone alignment is a Bronze Age monument located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, comprising a row of standing stones that dates to the second millennium before the common era. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021223.
The Nine Maidens stone alignment, The Fiddler standing stone and two Bronze Age round barrows is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021223.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross in St Columb Major churchyard, 12m east of the church (5.4 km), Wayside cross-slab and early Christian memorial stone in St Columb Major churchyard, 2m south of the church (5.4 km), Wayside cross 515m north east of Castle Farm (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Nine Maidens stone alignment, The Fiddler standing stone and two Bronze Age round barrows's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
The Nine Maidens stone alignment, The Fiddler standing stone and two Bronze Age round barrows stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.