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- catalog abstract ""The stone circles of western Europe, some nearly 6000 years old, have intrigued viewers through the ages. This book about these megalithic rings explores their ancestry, methods of construction and eventual desertion. 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 archeoastronomy as related to stone circles, and includes a greatly expanded gazetteer, and an up-to-date list of radiocarbon dates and recent excavations."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11751694.
- catalog contributor b11751695.
- catalog coverage "Brittany (France) Antiquities.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Antiquities.".
- catalog coverage "Ireland Antiquities.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""The stone circles of western Europe, some nearly 6000 years old, have intrigued viewers through the ages. This book about these megalithic rings explores their ancestry, methods of construction and eventual desertion. 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 archeoastronomy as related to stone circles, and includes a greatly expanded gazetteer, and an up-to-date list of radiocarbon dates and recent excavations."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Early work on stone circles -- The origins of stone circles -- The construction of a stone circle -- Function: calendars, cults and sex -- The earliest stone circles -- Sanctuaries and depots: rings with a difference -- The stone circles of Cumbria -- The stone circles of Northern Ireland and the Wicklows -- The stone circles of Western and South-Western England -- The stone circles of Wales -- The stone circles of Western and Northern Scotland -- The stone circles of North-Eastern Scotland -- The stone circles of the Republic of Ireland -- The stone circles of Eastern Britain: from Fife to Oxfordshire -- The stone circles of Wessex -- The megalithic enclosures of Brittany -- Stonehenge.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [438]-455) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 462 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300083475 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Brittany (France) Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "France Brittany.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Ireland.".
- catalog subject "936.1 21".
- catalog subject "GN805 .B8699 2000".
- catalog subject "Stone circles France Brittany.".
- catalog subject "Stone circles Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Stone circles Ireland.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Early work on stone circles -- The origins of stone circles -- The construction of a stone circle -- Function: calendars, cults and sex -- The earliest stone circles -- Sanctuaries and depots: rings with a difference -- The stone circles of Cumbria -- The stone circles of Northern Ireland and the Wicklows -- The stone circles of Western and South-Western England -- The stone circles of Wales -- The stone circles of Western and Northern Scotland -- The stone circles of North-Eastern Scotland -- The stone circles of the Republic of Ireland -- The stone circles of Eastern Britain: from Fife to Oxfordshire -- The stone circles of Wessex -- The megalithic enclosures of Brittany -- Stonehenge.".
- catalog title "The stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany / Aubrey Burl.".
- catalog type "text".