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The Author Provides A Hypothetical Chronological Framework For The Circles And Considers Their Origins And Purpose, Examining In Particular Their Possible Astronomical Function. He Then Discusses Each Regional Grouping Of Circles, Describing Their Architectural Types And The Finds From Excavations. Special Attention Is Paid To Stonehenge And Avebury, The Two Best Known And Most Spectacular Rings. Introduction -- Earlier Work On Stone Circles -- Origins Of Stone Circles -- Stone Circles, Some Problems -- Stone Circles Of Cumbria -- Open Circles Of Western Britain -- Stone Circles Of Scotland -- Stone Circles Of Ireland -- Stone Circles Of Wales --- Stone Circles Of Eastern And Southern Britain -- Stone Circles Of Wessex -- County Concordance -- Appendix 1: County Gazetter Of The Stone Circles In The British Isles -- Appendix 2: Diameter Of Stone Circles -- Appendix 3: Significance Of The Number Of Stones In The Stone Circles Of The British Isles -- Bibliography -- Index. Aubrey Burl. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 376-395.

Author

Aubrey Burl. --

Publisher

New Haven: Yale University Press

Published

1976

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300019728

Subjects

History, Anthropology, Humanities