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The Cove Stone Circle

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The Cove Stone Circle

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The Cove Stone Circle

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Location: Stanton Drew, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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1. The Gift Box Café – Pensford Viaduct loop from Upper Stanton Drew

8.74km

02:22

120m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Pensford Viaduct – The Gift Box Café loop from Norton Malreward

8.24km

02:15

120m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Druid's Arms pub – Pensford Viaduct loop from Stanton Drew

6.16km

01:35

30m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Zoe Evans

November 2, 2024

As with many stories of stone circles, legends explained the stones were a petrified party of people. Aubrey wrote that The Cove were the parson, bridegroom, and bride. Another group of stones was the band, while the circles comprised the dancing guests later, the story evolved, as the wedding took place on a Saturday. As the evening wore on, one musician player (either a piper or a harper) had simply refused to play beyond the point of midnight since it would mean playing on into the Sunday. The furious bride claimed she would find another player even if it meant travelling to hell to fetch one. Then Hell came to her in the form of the Devil, dressed in a disguise of that as an old man. He played and played as the company endlessly danced, but soon to find that they couldn’t stop dancing, no matter how much they tried or badly wanted to, and they had became to turn into stone by in the Sunday morning

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Elevation 40 m

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Location: Stanton Drew, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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The Cove Stone Circle

1. The Gift Box Café – Pensford Viaduct loop from Upper Stanton Drew

2. Pensford Viaduct – The Gift Box Café loop from Norton Malreward

3. Druid's Arms pub – Pensford Viaduct loop from Stanton Drew

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