The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, & Brittany

The first revised edition of Aubrey Burl's classic study

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Revised edition (first printing). Hardback in dustwrapper. 26 × 20cm, 462pp.

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.

Condition

Very good condition with a few minor signs of wear: there is a little wear to the wrapper's edges and the bottom corner of the pages has a very small corner crease for the first fifty page or so but it's not very noticeable. The wrapper is now within a protective sleeve.

ISBN

9780300083477