Nine Maidens stone row

Nine Maidens stone row is an ancient monument in the parish of St Columb Major, Cornwall, England. The Nine Maidens are also known in Cornish as Naw-voz, or Naw-whoors meaning "the nine sisters".

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: stone row
Also known as: “Nine Maidens Stone Row”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Camel Creek Adventure Park and St Breock Downs Monolith.

Camel Creek Adventure Park

Theme park

Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Camel Creek Family Theme Park is an adventure park located in Wadebridge in Cornwall, England. Camel Creek Adventure Park is situated 1½ miles northwest of Nine Maidens stone row.

St Breock Downs Monolith

Archaeological site

Photo: Richard-sr, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St Breock Downs Monolith is the largest and heaviest prehistoric Menhir in Cornwall, England. It stands on the summit of St Breock Downs. St Breock Downs Monolith is situated 2 miles east of Nine Maidens stone row.

Trewan Hall

Building

Photo: Talskiddy, CC BY 3.0.

Trewan Hall is a historic manor house in the parish of St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UK. The surviving Jacobean style manor house is located one mile north of the town. Trewan Hall is situated 2½ miles southwest of Nine Maidens stone row.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosenannon and Tregamere.

Rosenannon

Hamlet

Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rosenannon is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is within the civil parish of St Wenn, 4 miles south-west of the town of Wadebridge. Rosenannon Downs is a nature reserve to the north of the hamlet owned and managed by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.

Tregamere

Hamlet

Tregamere is a hamlet in the parish of St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, about 1 km northeast of the town of St Columb Major. Tregamere is situated 2 miles south of Nine Maidens stone row.

Talskiddy

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Talskiddy is a small rural village about two miles north of St Columb Major in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Originally a manorial settlement belonging to the Earldom of Cornwall, the place prospered in the 19th century as a centre of the wool-combing industry. Talskiddy is situated 2 miles southwest of Nine Maidens stone row.

Nine Maidens stone row

Categories: stone row, archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
Location: St Issey, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.47168° or 50° 28′ 18″ north

Longitude

-4.9093° or 4° 54′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C2QF3CR+M7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 302868054

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q949825

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Polish—“Nine Maidens stone row” goes by many names.

Bavarian: “Nine Maidens”
French: “Nine Maidens”
German: “Nine Maidens”
German: “Steinreihe Nine maidens”
Polish: “Nine Maidens”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scotland Corner and Trelow Downs.

Nearby Places

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