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A Brief History of Stonehenge (Paperback)
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A Brief History of Stonehenge (Paperback)
Series: Brief Histories
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Loot Price R395
Discovery Miles 3 950
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Britain's leading expert on stone circles turns his attention to
the greatest example of them all - Stonehenge. Every aspect of
Stonehenge is re-considered in Aubrey Burl's new analysis. He
explains for the first time how the outlying Heel Stone long
predates Stonehenge itself, serving as a trackway marker in the
prehistoric Harroway. He uncovers new evidence that the Welsh
bluestones were brought to Stonehenge by glaciation rather than by
man. And he reveals just how far the design of Stonehenge was
influenced by Breton styles and by Breton cults of the dead.
Meticulously research sets the record straight on the matter of
Stonehenge's astronomical alignments. Although the existence of a
sightline to the midsummer sunrise is well known, the alignment and
the viewing-position are different from popular belief. And the
existence of an earlier alignment to the moon and a later one to
the midwinter sunset has been largely unrealized. One almost
unexplained puzzle remains. The site of Stonehenge lies at the
heart of a vast six-mile wide graveyard, but before it was built
there appears to have been a mysterious gap two miles across on
that site.Burl argues that earlier totem-pole style constructions
served a ceremonial purpose for the living - to celebrate success
in the hunt.
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