The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany - Aubrey Burl
June 2000, Yale
A new edition of Burl's classic 1976 work on Stone Circles, out now!
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.Reviews of the earlier edition:
"A magnificent book--thorough, lucid, scholarly, and at times poetic. . . . A landmark book." --Alan J. Friedman, San Francisco Review of Books
"An admirable balance of scholarship and literary skill."--New Yorker
"Burl’s authoritative book is indispensable for anyone pursuing this tantalizing enigma."--Publishers’ Weekly
"An informed, informative, and well-balanced survey of the facts, fictions, and problems of our stone circles."--Glyn Daniel, The Guardian
Paperback, November 1988, Brit. Archaeological Reports
DECEMBER 1999's BOOK OF THE MONTH
Circles of Stone - Max Milligan, Aubrey Burl
Hardcover - 224 pages October 1999 Harvill Press
The beginnings of the circles of stone in Britain and Ireland, their development and gradual end are all explored in this guide, which combines the anazing photography of Max Milligan with Burl's expert text.
My interview with Max Milligan, photographer with a painter's eye.
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Best Value - 30% off
OCTOBER 1999's BOOK OF THE MONTH
Great Stone Circles: Fables, Fictions, Facts - Aubrey Burl
Hardcover - 216 pages (March 1999) Yale University Press
Dr Burl's new 'coffee table' book, featuring all the best known sites, analysed with his in-depth knowledge. If you prefer a bigger selection of sites, have a look below for other books.
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N.B. Amazon.co.uk have him down as Audrey Burl - doh!
A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany -
Aubrey Burl
Written by the acknowledged authority on these monuments, 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 the interrelationships between widely separated sites, explains place names, and provides stories about legends, witchcraft and funerals associated with the rings. Fully illustrated, 276 pages. Paperback, Published by Yale Univ Pr, Publication date: June 1, 1995 Dimensions (in inches): 8.48 x 5.37 x .68"A superb guide to the stones of Great Britain and Brittany. Burl, an expert on the subject of stone circles, has created an essential and portable guide to all of the major sites in Great Britain and Brittany. The sites listed in the book are numbered and keyed to useful maps which offers visitors to a given area the opportunity to avoid missing anything of interest. Each site has a thorough description which often includes interpretations, a "condition code", and practical instructions as to how to find it. Also included is a good index and bibliography, and, for most sites, reference to published literature. This is not a book of photographs or site maps, although there are quite a few of each, especially for the better sites. Rather, this is an exceptional and really practical little guidebook, one anyone headed for the field will certainly want to carry along."
Stone Circles of the British Isles - Aubrey Burl
Paperback (April 1979), Yale University Press;
The definifive reference work on British stone circles that until recently I thought was out of print.
From Carnac to Callanish : The Prehistoric Stone Rows and Avenues of Britain, Ireland and Brittany - Aubrey Burl
Hardcover, Published by Yale Univ Pr, December 1993
As above, the definifive reference work on British & French stone rows.
Prehistoric Stone Circles - Aubrey Burl
Paperback - 52 pages (October 1988), Shire Publications Ltd
Prehistoric Henges - Aubrey Burl
Paperback - 64 pages (February 1997), Shire Publications Ltd
Prehistoric Astronomy and Ritual - Aubrey Burl
Paperback - 64 pages (February 1983), Shire Publications Ltd
Megalithic Brittany - Aubrey Burl
Another definitive guide, this time to the Breton megalithic sitesIf the book you're looking for is not here try searching Amazon.com
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