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Great stone circles : fables, fictions, facts

Obrazy
Autor
Aubrey Burl
Place of publication
New Haven
Publication date
1999
Table of Contents

Acknowledgements . . vi
List of Figures . . vii
Introduction . . 1

Part One Fables, Fictions and Facts
CHAPTER ONE The Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire . . 9
CHAPTER TWO Long Meg and Her Daughters, Cumbria . . 33
CHAPTER THREE Stanton Drew, Somerset . . 47
CHAPTER FOUR A Cornish Quartet . . 65
CHAPTER FIVE Woodhenge, Wiltshire . . 85

Part Two Stonehenge
CHAPTER SIX Stonehenge, Wiltshire . . 101
CHAPTER SEVEN Transportation or Glaciation? . . 107
CHAPTER EIGHT The Heel Stone . . 125
CHAPTER NINE The Slaughter Stone . . 139
CHAPTER TEN The Sarsen Horseshoe . . 151

Part Three The Making of a Stone Circle
CHAPTER ELEVEN Swinside, Cumbria . . 173

Abbreviations . . 186
Notes . . 187
Bibliography . . 194
Index . . 197
Photographic Acknowledgements . . 200