The Stone Circles Of The British Isles

Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300083477
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany written by Aubrey Burl and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Aubrey Burl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stone Circles of the British Isles written by Aubrey Burl and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300023985
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stone Circles of the British Isles written by Aubrey Burl and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesizing pertinent archaeological data, the author details the origins, structural features, and significance of Britain's ancient megalithic monuments

Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300114065
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany written by Aubrey Burl and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Aubrey Burl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stone Circles of British Isles written by Aubrey Burl and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Colin Richards
Publisher : Windgather Press
ISBN 13 : 1909686131
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building the Great Stone Circles of the North written by Colin Richards and published by Windgather Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Rupert Soskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Standing with Stones written by Rupert Soskin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland.

Author : Adam Welfare
Publisher : Royal Commission
ISBN 13 : 9781902419558
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Crowns of Stone written by Adam Welfare and published by Royal Commission. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Steve Marshall
Publisher : Pitkin
ISBN 13 : 9781841657530
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Standing Stones written by Steve Marshall and published by Pitkin. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rings of Stone written by Aubrey Burl and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1980 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: