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The Hurlers

Minions, Bodmin Moor

Three circles of men turned to stone for playing a game on Sunday.

The Hurlers are three stone circles in a row on Bodmin Moor. Legend says they were men caught playing the Cornish game of hurling on the Sabbath, and were turned to stone.

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When
Bronze Age
Where
50.5162, -4.4579
Group
Circles & monuments

Visiting

Free, a short walk from Minions village.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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