One of England's best-preserved circles; the Merry Maidens lie in a field adjacent to the Newlyn-to-Land's End road. It is the best known circle in Cornwall, and is believed to be complete, which is rare. Its 19 granite stones are not large, but neat and regular, and form a perfect circle of nearly 78 feet in diameter. The stones are regularly spaced and due east is a gap which may be an entrance or the site of a missing stone.
