Swinside stone circle

 The Swinside stone circle is a nearly perfect, 29m diameter circle located in the small hamlet of Swinside, in Cumbria, England.  The circle is also referred to as Sunkenkirk, a reference to the devil who -- as legend has it -- cast the stone into the ground to derail plans to build a church.

The circle is largely isolated and is embedded in the land miles from the nearest farm track.  Though many of the stones remain standing today, several have been bent inwards -- perhaps from the hooves of local sheep.

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