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    The Piper's Stones or the Athgreany stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle at Athgreany, County Wicklow. It sits on a low hillock overlooking the N81...
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  • Pipers may refer to: People who play the bagpipes Pipers, California, a former settlement in the United States Pipers River, a river in Tasmania, Australia...
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    south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall. A pair of standing stones, The Pipers is associated both geographically and in legend. The circle, which...
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    The Pipers are a pair of standing stones near The Merry Maidens stone circle located 2 miles (3 km) to the south of the village of St Buryan, in Cornwall...
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    English book of folklore, may still "enwall stones that witness how the parents prayed, while the Piper wrought sorrow for them without": A portion of...
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    The Pipers are a pair of standing stones near The Hurlers stone circles, located on Bodmin Moor near the village of Minions, Cornwall, UK. They share...
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    Stonehenge (redirect from Stone Henge)
    standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connecting horizontal lintel stones, held...
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    Menhir (redirect from Standing stones)
    ritual practice Cove (standing stones) – Tight rectangular group of stones Cromlech – Ring of standing stones Deer stone – Megaliths found largely in Siberia...
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    The Callanish Stones (or "Callanish I": Scottish Gaelic: Clachan Chalanais or Tursachan Chalanais) are an arrangement of standing stones placed in a cruciform...
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    Ales Stenar, known in English as the Ale's Stones, is an ancient megalithic monument of Sweden. The stones are outlining a ship. Here we show the well-known...
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    Carnac Stones in Brittany, France consist of thousands of stones. Megalithic walls Also called Cyclopean walls Stone circles In most languages stone circles...
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    east Cornwall. Just to the west of the circles are two standing stones known as the Pipers. Nearby are Rillaton Barrow and Trethevy Quoit, an entrance grave...
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    Skara Brae (category Stone Age sites in Scotland)
    astronomical and magical ceremonies at nearby Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones of Stenness. Graham and Anna Ritchie cast doubt on this interpretation noting...
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    clear by Piper himself, who recalled the event on an episode of Pipers Pit the Podcast. The two eventually arrived at the arena, where Piper disrobed...
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  • DLA Piper is a law firm with offices in over 40 countries across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2021, it was the...
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  • Thumbnail for The Lemon Pipers
    impresario Mark Barger, who steered the Lemon Pipers to Buddah Records, then run by Neil Bogart. The Lemon Pipers, relying in part on advice from Barger, agreed...
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    Most of the stones are within the Breton municipality of Carnac, but some to the east are within neighboring La Trinité-sur-Mer. The stones were erected...
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    upright stones remain in place. A picture of the Stones of Stenness features on the cover of Van Morrison's album The Philosopher's Stone. The Odin stone is...
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    Billie Paul Piper (born Leian Paul Piper; 22 September 1982) is an English actress and former singer. She initially gained recognition as a singer after...
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    grave for the ruling families) and the path leading into the center, the stone structure was covered with soil and built up into the hill that can be seen...
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    his son later played for the team. Hutton Arena, the home court for the Piper basketball and volleyball teams, was built in 1937. Originally named Norton...
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  • Thumbnail for Castlerigg stone circle
    around the stones, caused by the large number of visitors to the monument, several smaller stones have 'appeared' next to some of the larger stones. Because...
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    Carahunge (redirect from Army Stones)
    separated standing stones. The site is rich with stone settings, burial cists and standing stones (menhirs). In total, 223 stones have been identified...
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    filled with stones, or have raised stones in the positions of masts. The illusion of being ships has often been reinforced by larger stones at the ends...
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    henge monument at Avebury, the Rollright Stones, Castlerigg, and elements within the ring of standing stones at Stonehenge. Scattered examples exist from...
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    Knap of Howar (category Stone Age sites in Scotland)
    Orkney, Scotland is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. Radiocarbon dating shows that it was occupied...
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    Dolmen (redirect from Stone table)
    with earth or smaller stones to form a tumulus (burial mound). Small pad-stones may be wedged between the cap and supporting stones to achieve a level appearance...
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    Small, spherical stones have been discovered. They were used as ball bearings for the vehicles that transported the enormous stone blocks used for the...
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    Boscawen-Un (category Stone circles in Cornwall)
    from Penzance to Land's End. Both the Merry Maidens stone circle and the two Pipers standing stones can be seen as can the sea. Boscawen-Un is a Cornish...
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  • Thumbnail for Drombeg stone circle
    the circle's center. The stone circle originally consisted of seventeen closely spaced stones of which 13 survive. The stones are made from local sandstone...
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