Sunkenkirk Stone Circle
An amazing Neolithic stone circle and earthwork with many standing stones still in position. The sunkenkirk standing stone circle is in great condition and a little way off-the-beaten-track so you can sometimes have the place to yourself, apart from the nearby farm and animals.
The monument includes the standing and earthwork remains of a stone circle of Neolithic/Bronze Age date, situated on level ground on a wide east facing slope overlooking Black Beck. The stone circle, known as both Sunkenkirk Stone Circle and Swinside Stone Circle, measures approximately 28.7m in diameter with at least 55 stones closely set in a near perfect circle. The stones vary in height from 1.5m to nearly 3m with approximately half of the stones standing with the rest recumbent. Two portal stones slightly outlying from the circle on the south east side mark the location of an entrance into the circle and there are further gaps between the stones on the east and south west sides.
SOURCES PastScape Monument No:-37229 NMR:- SD18NE5 Lake District National Park HER:- 3977
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