A local folklore based name. Properly called the Swinside Stone circle.
One of the treasures of Cumbria, this is a genuine and original site dating from the megalithic era between 2 and 4 thousand years old. The Sunkenkirk name is taken from local folklore that says the site was hoped to have a church built on it, but as fast as the workmen laid the stones during the day, the devil pulled them down by night leaving the circle.
