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.
- ISBN10 0300023987
- ISBN13 9780300023985
- Publish Date 10 September 1979 (first published 1 January 1976)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 30 May 2000
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Yale University Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 432
- Language English