Swinside Stone Circle

Swinside Stone Circle
Whicham, United Kingdom (GB)
Swinside is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone circle consisting of 55 standing stones located in Cumbria in the United Kingdom. The stone circle is one of around 1,300 recorded stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, it was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from 3,300 to 900 BCE, during what archaeologists categorise as the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages.

Constructed from local slate, the ring has a diameter of about 93 ft 8ins (26.8m) with the 55 still standing stones, although it is thought there would have been 60 standing stones when the circle was constructed.
Swinside is a Neolithic and Bronze Age stone circle consisting of 55 standing stones located in Cumbria in the United Kingdom. The stone circle is one of around 1,300 recorded stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, it was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from 3,300 to 900 BCE, during what archaeologists categorise as the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages.

Constructed from local slate, the ring has a diameter of about 93 ft 8ins (26.8m) with the 55 still standing stones, although it is thought there would have been 60 standing stones when the circle was constructed.
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Links: en.wikipedia.org
By: Drudii

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