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- Countless_stones abstract "The countless stones is a motif that appears in English and Welsh folklore. It is associated with various megalithic monuments, including chambered long barrows from the Early Neolithic and the stones circles of the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. The motif holds that an individual attempting to count the number of stones in the monument will be unable to do so.The earliest textual accounts of the story date from the late sixteenth century, where it is linked to the stone circle of Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Multiple sources from the seventeenth-century also link the story to Stonehenge, although also apply it to The Hurlers in Cornwall and Long Meg and Her Daughters in Cumberland.The countless stones motif was the subject of a study by folklorist S. F. Menefee, published in the Folklore journal in 1975, and was part of Leslie Grinsell's catalogue of folkloric motifs associated with prehistoric sites in Britain.".
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- Countless_stones wikiPageWikiLink Stone_circles_in_the_British_Isles_and_Brittany.
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- Countless_stones wikiPageWikiLink The_Birth_of_Merlin.
- Countless_stones wikiPageWikiLink The_Folklore_Society.
- Countless_stones wikiPageWikiLink The_Hurlers_(stone_circles).
- Countless_stones wikiPageWikiLink Welsh_mythology.
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- Countless_stones subject Category:British_folklore.
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- Countless_stones comment "The countless stones is a motif that appears in English and Welsh folklore. It is associated with various megalithic monuments, including chambered long barrows from the Early Neolithic and the stones circles of the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.".
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