Merry Maidens
Merry Maidens is a bus stop in St Buryan, West Cornwall, England. Merry Maidens is situated nearby to the archaeological site Tregiffian Burial Chamber, as well as near Gûn Rith Menhir.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tregiffian Burial Chamber and The Pipers.
Tregiffian Burial Chamber
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tregiffian Burial Chamber is a Neolithic or early Bronze Age chambered cairn. It is near Lamorna in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a rare form of a passage grave, known as an Entrance grave. Tregiffian Burial Chamber is situated 460 feet southwest of Merry Maidens.
The Pipers
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pipers are a pair of standing stones near The Merry Maidens stone circle located 2 miles to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Pipers is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Merry Maidens.
Tater Du Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tater Du Lighthouse is Cornwall's most recently built lighthouse. The construction of the lighthouse came out of the tragedy of losing a small Spanish coaster called the Juan Ferrer on 23 October 1963, on the nearby Boscawen Point, the vessel capsized with the loss of 11 lives. Tater Du Lighthouse is situated 1 mile southeast of Merry Maidens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lamorna and St Loy’s Cove.
Lamorna
Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamorna is a village, valley and cove in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the Penwith peninsula approximately 4 miles south of Penzance. Lamorna became popular with the artists of the Newlyn School, including Alfred Munnings, Laura Knight and Harold Knight, and is also known for former residents Derek and Jean Tangye who farmed land and wrote "The Minack Chronicles".
St Loy’s Cove
Locality
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Loy's Cove is a small wooded valley and beach in the civil parish of St Buryan in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located two miles to the south of St Buryan churchtown, and between Penberth and Lamorna.
Castallack
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Simkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castallack is a hamlet in the civil parish of St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on a minor road between Sheffied and Lamorna.
Merry Maidens
- Type: Bus stop
- Category: transportation
- Location: St Buryan, West Cornwall, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.06492° or 50° 3′ 54″ northLongitude
-5.59021° or 5° 35′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C2P3C75+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 683898029OpenStreetMap feature
highway=bus_stopOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=platform
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