Curse
The Hurlers
Count the stones twice. You will not get the same number.
See it clearly
- What's there
- Three stone circles in a line on the moor
- Legend from
- Folk tradition
- Tone
- Curious
A ball game on a Sunday. Now the players stand in rings on the moor.
The Hurlers are three prehistoric stone circles set in a line on the open moor just west of Minions, on the eastern edge of Bodmin Moor. Their name comes from a legend: men were playing the Cornish game of hurling, chasing a ball across the moor on a Sunday, and for breaking the Sabbath they were turned to stone where they stood. Two standing stones nearby, the Pipers, are said to be two men who played tunes on the same Sunday and shared the same fate. Another belief holds that no one can count the stones and get the same number twice.