The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany
Edition: 2Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: August 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780300083477
Subjects: British & Irish history: BCE to c 500 CE; European archaeology; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions; BCE to c 500 CE; Prehistory; Prehistoric Archaeology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Europe; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Ancient - General; Archaeology; Social Science / Archaeology; Brittany; France; Great Britain; Ireland; Stone circles
First sentence: Despite its neglect Boscawen-Un, 'the house of the elder tree', is one of the most evocative megalithic rings in western Europe.
Description: "The stone circles of western Europe, some nearly 6000 years old, have intrigued viewers through the ages. This book about these megalithic rings explores their ancestry, methods of construction and eventual desertion. 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 archeoastronomy as related to stone circles, and includes a greatly expanded gazetteer, and an up-to-date list of radiocarbon dates and recent excavations."--BOOK JACKET.