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Author : Leslie Valentine Grinsell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0900198109
Author : Leslie Valentine Grinsell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0900198117
Author : Gordon Strong
Publisher : Skylight Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781908011589
The village of Stanton Drew in north Somerset is host to a remarkable group of ancient monuments which together comprise the third largest collection of standing stones in England. Its Great Circle, the largest of three stone circles, exceeds the dimensions of Stonehenge. Recent archaeology has revealed that a substantial woodhenge once occupied the site, underlining its importance as a major ritual centre of the Neolithic age. Gordon Strong, a regular lecturer on the subject, has spent many years exploring this fascinating site on multiple levels. In this well illustrated book he presents archaeological detail, local folklore and the views of various commentators from 18th century antiquarians to dowsers, discussing mythology, mediumship and earth energies. His insights are gleaned from his long love-affair with the site, and offer the visitor some clues for making their own inner connection to this unique monument which still retains its ancient magic.
Author : Leslie V. Grinsell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Megalithic monuments
ISBN : OCLC:221894424
Author : Leslie Valentine Grinsell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:630831783
Author : Charles Philip Kains- Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:HX58ZU
Records of the prehistoric ruins of Britain (with Ireland), including Stonehenge, Old Sarum, the Ring of Brogar, and the Hill of Tara.
Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 49,7 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 : Mary-Ann Ochota
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780711240087
For the times when you’re driving past a lumpy, bumpy field and you wonder what made the lumps and bumps; for when you’re walking between two lines of grand trees, wondering when and why they were planted; for when you see a brown heritage sign pointing to a ‘tumulus’ but you don’t know what to look for… Entertaining and factually rigorous, Hidden Histories will help you decipher the story of our landscape through the features you can see around you. This Spotter’s Guide arms the amateur explorer with the crucial information needed to ‘read’ the landscape and spot the human activities that have shaped our green and pleasant land. Photographs and diagrams point out specific details and typical examples to help the curious Spotter ‘get their eye in’ and understand what they’re looking at, or looking for. Specially commissioned illustrations bring to life the processes that shaped the landscape - from medieval ploughing to Roman road building - and stand-alone capsules explore interesting aspects of history such as the Highland Clearances or the coming of Christianity. This unique guide uncovers the hidden stories behind the country's landscape, making it the perfect companion for an exploration of our green and pleasant land.
Author : Mark Gillings,Joshua Pollard,Rick Peterson,David Wheatley
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782975236
This volume describes the results of the Longstones Project , a joint-universities programme of excavation and survey designed to develop a fuller understanding of the context and dynamics of monument construction in the later Neolithic (3rd millennium BC) of the Avebury region, Wiltshire. Several elements of this internationally important prehistoric monument complex were investigated: an early-mid 3rd millennium BC enclosure at Beckhampton; the recently re-discovered Beckhampton Avenue and Longstones Cove; a section of the West Kennet Avenue; the Falkner's stone circle; and the Cove within Avebury's Northern Inner Circle. The research sheds new light on the complexities and development of this monument rich area and consideration is given to the questions of how and why ceremonial centres such as that at Avebury came into being in the 3rd millennium BC. The importance of understanding the agency - the affective and perceived inherent qualities - of materials and landscapes is stressed; and the unusual character of the Wessex monument complexes is highlighted by comparison with the format and sequences of other ceremonial centres in southern Britain. The second part of the monograph tracks the later, post-prehistoric, lives of Avebury's megalithic monuments including a detailed account of the early 18th-century records of the Beckhampton Avenue made by the antiquary William Stukeley.
Author : Malcolm Todd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317871637
A unique and detailed history of the south-west of England written in a clear and accessible style. A wondeful resource for any local historian.
Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Shire Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015032279989
Author : Elly Griffiths
Publisher : Ruth Galloway Mysteries
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781328974648
In a chilling entry to the award-winning Ruth Galloway series, she and DCI Nelson are haunted by a ghost from their past, just as their future lands on shaky ground. DCI Nelson has been receiving threatening letters. They are anonymous, yet reminiscent of ones he has received in the past, from the person who drew him into a case that's haunted him for years. At the same time, Ruth receives a letter purporting to be from that very same person--her former mentor, and the reason she first started working with Nelson. But the author of those letters is dead. Or is he? The past is reaching out for Ruth and Nelson, and its grip is deadly.
Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 53,7 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 : Sir Norman Lockyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Druids and Druidism
ISBN : NWU:35556023375561
Author : James Cocke Southall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Archaeology
ISBN : UOMDLP:afl1336:0001.001