
Nine Ladies
Historical landmark in EnglandWikipedia
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 1 episode found for "Nine Ladies".
Oct 8, 2026
King Arthur, goblins and dragons - how prehistoric sites got their names
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8:12Amy MatthewsHOST
So obviously people are a popular choice for inspiration behind naming a lot of these sites, but not just naming after people, sometimes naming after things that they've done or some mythology or some ideas around potential events that happened or didn't happen.
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8:31Amy MatthewsHOST
I think we see that with the mythology around the nine ladies stone circle.
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8:35Amy MatthewsHOST
Is that right, Al?
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8:35Alistair OswaldGUEST
Yes.
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8:36Alistair OswaldGUEST
It's always women, interestingly enough, as well.
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8:39Alistair OswaldGUEST
So in this case, we have nine ladies who were dancing through the night on Saturday and inadvertently outstayed their welcome and were still dancing when the Sabbath began.
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8:49Alistair OswaldGUEST
So they, the nine ladies, were turned to stone.
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8:54Alistair OswaldGUEST
And what we have now is a little stone circle.