Swinside
Swinside, which is also known as Sunkenkirk and Swineshead, is a stone circle lying beside Swinside Fell, part of Black Combe in southern Cumbria, North West England.Photo: MIGORMCZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: stone circle in southern Cumbria, North West England
- Also known as: “Sunkenkirk”, “Swineshead”, and “Swinside Stone Circle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Baystone Bank Reservoir and Thwaites Church.
Baystone Bank Reservoir
Pond
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baystone Bank Reservoir is a pond, which is situated 1¼ miles south of Swinside.
Thwaites Church
Church
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Anne's Church is in the village of Thwaites, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Millom, the archdeaconry of Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Thwaites Church is situated 1½ miles south of Swinside.
Duddon furnace
Ruins
Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Duddon furnace is a surviving charcoal-fuelled blast furnace near Broughton-in-Furness in Cumbria. It is on the west side of the River Duddon in the parish of Millom and formerly in Cumberland. Duddon furnace is situated 1½ miles east of Swinside.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broughton-in-Furness and Foxfield.
Broughton-in-Furness
Town
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broughton in Furness is a market town in the civil parish of Broughton West in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It had a population of 529 at the 2011 Census. Broughton-in-Furness is situated 2½ miles east of Swinside.
Foxfield
Village
Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foxfield is a village on the west coast of Cumbria, England, in the Furness district that was part of Lancashire from 1182 to 1974. It lies on the Duddon Estuary, just outside the Lake District National Park, around ten miles to the north-east of Barrow-in-Furness and one mile out of Broughton-in-Furness. Foxfield is situated 3 miles southeast of Swinside.
Ulpha
Village
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ulpha is a small village and civil parish in the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it forms part of the Cumberland unitary authority area. Ulpha is situated 3½ miles northeast of Swinside.
Swinside
- Categories: stone circle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Millom Without, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.2825° or 54° 16′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.27386° or 3° 16′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C6R7PJG+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 124915749OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1789984
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Swinside” goes by many names.
- German: “Steinkreis von Swinside”
- German: “Swinside”
- Spanish: “Swinside”
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