The Nine Stones stone circle is located on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, 3 kilometres south-southeast of Altarnun and 11 kilometres west of Launceston. The site is an English Heritage managed property that was restored in 1889 when only two stones remained standing. The circle is the smallest on Bodmin Moor, measuring only 49 feet (15 m) in diameter.
Eight granite stones form the circle, with one additional stone in the centre. The stones are irregularly spaced, and the tallest is 4.2 feet (1.3 m). A flat triangular-shaped stone lies at the base of one of the stones. A gap in the north suggests where a stone may have once stood. The central stone is a granite post 1.1 metres high, which may have been moved from the north part of the circle to be used as a boundary stone for the parish boundary.
There are hut circles located 550 metres to the northeast and another to the south of the site. Alexander Thom proposed a lunar alignment with a nearby stone row which leads towards some cairns, although this has been considered doubtful as the row is likely of medieval construction.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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