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Nine Maidens stone row : ウィキペディア英語版 | 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".〔(Popular Romances of the West of England: Romances of the Rocks: The Dancing Stones, the Hurlers &c )〕 This late neolithic stone row is north of St Columb Major. ==Site description==
The row comprises nine stone megaliths and is situated in a field alongside the A39 between St Columb Major and Wadebridge. The row is approximately long, with stones varying in height from (a stump) to . The northernmost stone is recumbent and broken.〔 The stones are irregularly spaced and aligned in a north easterly direction. They are aligned towards a stone known as the Fiddler, which lies on the moorland approximately 800 metres away.
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