Standing with Stones: A Photographic Journey Through Megalithic Britain and Ireland - Hardcover

Rupert Soskin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500051585 ISBN 13: 9780500051580

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

Across the length and breadth of Britain and Ireland lies an unsurpassed richness of prehistoric heritage. Standing with Stones is a personal voyage of discovery, taking the reader to over a hundred megalithic sites in a photographic journey through the British Isles. The book is divided into regions, and each site featured is given its Ordnance Survey grid reference. Some, like Stonehenge and Newgrange, are well known and often visited, but many, such as Fernworthy and Bleasdale, are remote and barely known. Rupert Soskin’s stunning and original photographs act as windows into the past, which, together with his engaging and accessible text, encourage the reader to think afresh about the meaning and purpose of these monuments and at the same time open the eyes of travellers and enthusiasts to the great wealth and variety of henges, circles, dolmens, barrows and standing stones across the British Isles.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Timothy Darvill · So much we have forgotten · The Southwest · The South · Wales & Anglesey · Ireland · Isle of Man · The North · Scotland & The Isles · Temple? What Temple? · Endmatter

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Review:

Wonderful photographs... A magnificent feast for anyone with the slightest interest in prehistoric monuments...

Wonderful photographs A magnificent feast for anyone with the slightest interest in prehistoric monuments "

Reading the accompanying text for each site is like being led by a trustworthy tour guide, which the author has indeed often been. He does not try to drown you in facts but tells you how to get to each site, what to look for while there, and what to keep in mind about it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0500051585
• ISBN 13: 9780500051580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192