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Swinside

Near Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria

Sunkenkirk: the church the Devil kept pulling down.

Swinside is one of the best-preserved circles in Britain, with around 55 stones still in place. Its old name is Sunkenkirk.

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When
c. 3000 BC
Where
54.2823, -3.2735
Group
Circles & monuments

Visiting

On private farmland; view from the public footpath beside it.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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