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