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A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany Aubrey Burl

A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany By Aubrey Burl

A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany by Aubrey Burl


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Summary

A guidebook that deals with the stone circles of Britain and Ireland and with the cromlechs and megalithic horseshoes of Brittany.

A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany Summary

A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany by Aubrey Burl

From Stonehenge to Callanish, from Newgrange to Er-Lannic, great prehistoric stone circles have drawn thousands of admiring visitors to their sites every year. This practical guidebook deals comprehensively with the stone circles of Britain and Ireland and with the cromlechs and megalithic horseshoes of Brittany. The book describes over 400 sites and discusses the archaeology and architectural features of each ring. Burl tells the reader how to find a specific site and what to look for, considers problems of dating the remains, points out interrelationships between widely separated sites, explains place-names, and provides stories about legends, witchcraft, and funerals associated with the rings. He also gives suggestions for practical work on site, telling how to deduce the source of the stones, estimate their weight, calculate the number of people involved in the construction of a ring, and investigate the possibility of alignments to the sun and moon. Featuring information, useful maps, and 70 photographs, this is a resource for those interested in the mysteries of the ancient sanctuaries known as stone circles.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Great Britain: England - Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Lancashire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Westmoreland, Wiltshire, Yorkshire; Scotland - Aberdeenshire, Angus, Arran, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Bute, Caithness, Dumfriesshire, Fife, Inverness-shire, Islay, Kincardineshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Moray, Orkney; Outer Hebrides - Benbecula, Lewis, North Uist, Peebles-shire, Perthshire Ross & Cromarty, Roxburghshire, Shetlands, Skye, Sutherland, Tiree, Wigtownshire; Wales - Clwyd, Dyfed, Glamorgan, Gwent, Gwynedd, Powys, Ynys Mona; Channel Islands - Jersey, Isle of Man; Northern Ireland - Co. Down, Co. Fermanagh, Co. Londonderry, Co. Tyrone. Part 2 Republic of Ireland: Co. Cavan, Co. Cork, Co. Donegal, Co. Dublin, Co. Galway, Co. Kerry, Co. Kildare, Co. Limerick, Co. Louth, Co. Mayo, Co. Meath, Co. Sligo, Co. Waterford, Co. Wicklow. Part 3 Brittany: Cotes-du-Nord, Finistere, Ille-et-Vilaine, Morbihan.

Additional information

GOR001330516
9780300063318
0300063318
A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany by Aubrey Burl
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Yale University Press
19950426
276
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