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Author : Evan Hadingham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0434311057
Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035964670
Author : Colin Richards
Publisher : Windgather Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781909686137
Of all prehistoric monuments, few are more emotive than the great stone circles that were built throughout Britain and Ireland. From the tall, elegant, pointed monoliths of the Stones of Stenness to the grandeur of Stonehenge and the sarsen blocks at Avebury, circles of stone exert a magnetic fascination to those who venture into their sphere. In Britain today, more people visit these structures than any other form of prehistoric monument and visitors stand in awe at their scale and question how and why they were erected. Building the Great Stone Circles of the North looks at the enigmatic stone structures of Scotland and investigates the background of their construction and their cultural significance.
Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300083475
The spectacular stone circles of western Europe, some nearly 6000 years old, have intrigued viewers through the ages. This beautiful book about these megalithic rings explores their ancestry, methods of construction, and eventual desertion. A substantially revised version of Aubrey Burl's highly praised work The Stone Circles of the British Isles, it offers new insights into the purpose of stone circles. It also provides a new interpretation of Stonehenge and of Callanish in Scotland, the first overview of the cromlechs in Brittany, a discussion of the problems of archaeoastronomy as related to stone circles, a greatly expanded Gazetteer, and an up-to-date list of radiocarbon dates and recent excavations.
Author : Rupert Soskin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015080720728
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Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0300114060
This practical and knowledgeable guidebook deals comprehensively with the stone circles of Britain and Ireland and with the cromlechs and megalithic "horseshoes" of Brittany. This new edition includes a section on "Druidical" circles, romantic creations of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. "This book is not only an elegant and practical guide, it is also the best single-volume study of this extraordinary phenomenon, embracing 500 monuments from Shetland to Brittany. . . . Confident, erudite, pleasurable, this volume can be recommended as travel guide, archaeology, literature, and sheer good company."--Ian Sheperd, British Archaeology "This is a wonderful book and is a must for anyone remotely interested in things megalithic."--Paul Walsh, Archaeology Ireland
Author : Evan Hadingham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Great Britain, Stonehenge, Avebury
ISBN : OCLC:867994160
Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0300076894
Archaeologist Aubrey Burl, for more than thirty years a specialist in the study of stone circles, selects a dozen attractive and evocative rings for close examination. Each of the twelve sites illuminates a particular archaeological question - the purpose of stone circles, their construction, age, distribution, design, art, legend and relation to astronomy. Burl asks, and offers sometimes surprising answers to questions about Stonehenge: how were its bluestones transported from south-west Wales, why was its Slaughter Stone not used for sacrifice, and why is Stonehenge - the most British of stone circles - not a stone circle and not British? To conclude his account of the strange subtleties of stone circles, Burl reconstructs the social history of Swinside in the Lake District, describing the builders, their way of life, and the ceremonies they performed inside their lovely ring.
Author : Andy Burnham
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781786782038
Winner of Current Archaeology’s Book of the Year Discover the iconic standing stones and prehistoric sites of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland—this comprehensive, coffee table travel guide features over 750 must-see destinations, with maps and color photographs The ultimate insiders’ guide, The Old Stones gives unparalleled insight into where to find prehistoric sites and how to understand them, by drawing on the knowledge, expertise and passion of the archaeologists, theorists, photographers and stones aficionados who contribute to the world’s biggest megalithic website—the Megalithic Portal. Including over 30 maps and site plans and hundreds of color photographs, it also contains scores of articles by a wide range of contributors—from archaeologists and archaeoastronomers to dowsers and geomancers—that will change the way you see these amazing survivals from our distant past. Locate over 1,000 of Britain and Ireland’s most atmospheric prehistoric places, from recently discovered moorland circles to standing stones hidden in housing estates. Discover which sites could align with celestial bodies or horizon landmarks. Explore acoustic, color, and shadow theory to get inside the minds of the Neolithic and Bronze Age people who created these extraordinary places. Find out which sites have the most spectacular views, which are the best for getting away from it all and which have been immortalized in music. And don't forget to visit the Megalithic Portal website and get involved by posting your discoveries online. All royalties from this book go to support the running of the Megalithic Portal: www.megalithic.com.
Author : John Michell
Publisher : Ingram
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-03
Category : Menhirs
ISBN : 1906069034
A feast of extraordinary theories and personalities centred around the mysterious standing stones of antiquity. John Michell tells the incredible story of the amazing reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical, legendary, mystical or visionary.
Author : Adam Welfare
Publisher : Royal Commission
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Aberdeen (Scotland).
ISBN : 1902419553
Stone circles always excite the imagination, and nowhere more so than in the north-east of Scotland, which holds one of the most dense concentrations to be found anywhere in the British Isles. Illustrated with unique plans, this volume examines the facts, myths and mysteries surrounding some of Scotland's most evocative ancient monuments.
Author : Julian Cope
Publisher : HarperThorsons
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : 0722535996
In this unique guide to Britain's megalithic culture, rock n' roller Julian Cope provides an inspired fusion of travel, history, poetry, maps, field notes, and pure passion.
Author : Max Milligan,Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Megalithic monuments
ISBN : 1860466613
This book offers detailed historical accounts of these megalithic rings, and recounts the powerful myths and legends that have surrounded them and persist to this day.
Author : Steve Marshall
Publisher : Pitkin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1841657530
Standing stones come in a variety of guises. Some are erected in circles; some make up megalithic tombs; some have intriguing patterns on them, or are steeped in myth. Long-standing questions include why they were erected and how? What do they tell us about Britain’s cultural history? As a standing stones enthusiast, Steve Marshall has travelled the British Isles to inspect these fascinating monoliths and this guide serves as a comprehensive introduction from the Mesolithic to the Iron Ages. Stonehenge and Avebury are possibly the most famous sites in Britain, but the Standing Stones of Callanish on the Isle of Lewis also have a magical quality; and at the Ness of Brodgar, a Neolithic complex has recently been uncovered by archaeologists. With accompanying photographs taken by the author, this accessible guide to standing stones in Britain will tell you all you need to know.
Author : Aubrey Burl,Dr Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300055757
This book discusses the lines of standing stones that until now have been the neglected wonders of prehistoric Europe, rows that were foci of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over two thousand years. Places such as Carnac in Brittany and Callanish in the Hebrides are visited by many visitors each year, but before now there has been no book that seriously explains the history, significance and background to these impressive sites. Aubrey Burl shows that the settings vary from pairs of isolated stones in the far south-west of Ireland to networks of long lines in Scotland, Dartmoor and Brittany, and describes the types in a sequence of architectural chapters that stress the increasing social and commercial connections between regions hundred of miles apart. He uses information from a wide variety of sources - excavation reports, megalithic art, astronomical analyses and legends - to provide explanations of why the rows were erected, when, and what they may have been used for.
