The Hurlers (Cornish: An Hurlysi[1]) is a group of three stone circles in the civil parish of St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK.
[2] The Hurlers are north of Liskeard near the village of Minions on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor in east Cornwall.
[3] The name "Hurlers" derives from a legend, in which men were playing Cornish hurling on a Sunday and were magically transformed into stones as punishment.
[5] Two other monoliths, the Pipers, are 100 metres (330 ft) southwest of the middle circle and may be entrance stones to the Hurlers.
[10][11] Archives from the unpublished excavation reports have been re-evaluated by Jacky Nowakowski (Cornwall Archaeological Unit) and John Gould (English Heritage) and may result in more analysis and publication.
Members of a pressure group, the Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament, removed signs bearing the English Heritage name.
[18][19] After this action several smaller sites, including The Hurlers, Dupath Well, Tregiffian Burial Chamber, St Breock Downs Monolith, King Doniert's Stone, Trethevy Quoit and Carn Euny, were transferred to the management of the Cornwall Heritage Trust.