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Megaliths Of Wales
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Author : Chris Barber
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2017-09-15
Megaliths Of Wales written by Chris Barber and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-15 with Social Science categories.
The ancient standing stones, stone circles and burial chambers of Wales - remarkable feats of construction that are surrounded by legend.
Places Of Special Virtue
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Author : Vicki Cummings
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-20
Places Of Special Virtue written by Vicki Cummings and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-20 with Social Science categories.
This volume explores the landscape settings of megalithic chambered monuments in Wales. Set against a broader theoretical discussion on the significance of the landscape, the authors consider the role of visual landscapes in prehistory, meanings attached to the landscape, and the values and beliefs invested in it. Wales is rich in Neolithic monuments, but the general absence of certain classic monumental forms found in the rest of Britain and Ireland, such as causewayed enclosures, henges, and cursus monuments, seems to have marginalised the Welsh record from many wider discussions on the Neolithic. Instead of seeing Wales as an area which lacks many of these 'classic' components, Cummings and Whittle argue that Wales has its own unique and individual Neolithic which is simply different from the Neolithic found further to the east. It is suggested that this difference may relate to an essentially mobile existence, with strong links back to the Mesolithic period. The authors present three detailed case studies, examining the settings of sites in south-west, north-west and south-east Wales. They outline the history of research for each region, including the previous classification of the monuments and any excavations, and describe the specific landscape settings of the monuments. They assess the significance of a variety of landscape features which would have been visible from the monuments, in particular emphasising the mythological and symbolic significance of the sea, rivers and mountains. An illustrated inventory of sites completes the volume.
Megaliths
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Author : David Corio
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-05-31
Megaliths written by David Corio and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-31 with categories.
David Corio has systematically photographed the megalithic sites of England and Wales with the eye of a great landscape photographer as well as with the passion of an explorer in the ruins of an ancient culture. These photographs go to the heart of prehistoric England and reveal a profound sense of 'place'. The sites are revealed with all the beauty that invited Romantic speculation from the seventeenth century onwards as well as the encroaching modern world of distant urban skylines and protective barriers. Lai Ngan's text distils the mythical narratives that arose around these extraordinary structures and places as well as pointing to the recent astronomical and mathematical research which suggests their remarkable function in the prehistoric calendar. The photographs point to the beginning of architecture itself in Britain, with the suggestion of both sacred and secular function, layered in the fabulous tales of popular imagination.
The Old Stones Of Wales
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Author : Andy Burnham
language : en
Publisher: Watkins
Release Date : 2019-01-01
The Old Stones Of Wales written by Andy Burnham and has been published by Watkins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-01 with Travel categories.
There are many hundreds of fascinating prehistoric sites in Wales, in some of the most beautiful locations in Britain, from mountaintop settings, such as at Bryn Cader Faner, to headlands with all-round sea views, as at Coetan Arthur, or on truly remote moorland, as at Bannau Sir Gaer. The road links between North and South Wales are not that great, so it's probably best to choose one or the other as a destination unless you are up for a lot of motoring. In North Wales, Anglesey has a particularly dense concentration of megalithic sites, with many in Gwynedd and Conwy to visit on the way. South Wales stretches from Monmouthshire to Pembrokeshire, where there is the biggest and best variety of sites, including the iconic Pentre Ifan with its capstone apparently delicately floating over its three massive uprights. The Old Stones of Wales is part of a series covering the megalithic and other prehistoric sites of Britain and Ireland. The series is published together as The Old Stones: A Field Guide to the Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland, available as a book and an ebook.
Places Of Special Virtue
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Author : Vicki Cummings
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-20
Places Of Special Virtue written by Vicki Cummings and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-20 with Social Science categories.
This volume explores the landscape settings of megalithic chambered monuments in Wales. Set against a broader theoretical discussion on the significance of the landscape, the authors consider the role of visual landscapes in prehistory, meanings attached to the landscape, and the values and beliefs invested in it. Wales is rich in Neolithic monuments, but the general absence of certain classic monumental forms found in the rest of Britain and Ireland, such as causewayed enclosures, henges, and cursus monuments, seems to have marginalised the Welsh record from many wider discussions on the Neolithic. Instead of seeing Wales as an area which lacks many of these 'classic' components, Cummings and Whittle argue that Wales has its own unique and individual Neolithic which is simply different from the Neolithic found further to the east. It is suggested that this difference may relate to an essentially mobile existence, with strong links back to the Mesolithic period. The authors present three detailed case studies, examining the settings of sites in south-west, north-west and south-east Wales. They outline the history of research for each region, including the previous classification of the monuments and any excavations, and describe the specific landscape settings of the monuments. They assess the significance of a variety of landscape features which would have been visible from the monuments, in particular emphasising the mythological and symbolic significance of the sea, rivers and mountains. An illustrated inventory of sites completes the volume.
The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs Of England And Wales
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Author : Glyn E. Daniel
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-28
The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs Of England And Wales written by Glyn E. Daniel and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-28 with Social Science categories.
This 1950 book surveys what was known about prehistoric chamber tombs in England and Wales at the time of publication, reflecting on discoveries made through the excavation of numerous tombs in the previous fifty years. This book will be of value to anyone interested in megalithic tombs and the development of archaeology.
The Ancient Stones Of Wales
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Author : Chris Barber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Ancient Stones Of Wales written by Chris Barber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Social Science categories.
Stones
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Author : David Corio
language : en
Publisher: Westzone Pub Limited
Release Date : 2001
Stones written by David Corio and has been published by Westzone Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Photography categories.
This collection of photographs depicts a wide array of the mysterious prehistoric standing-stone sites around England and Wales. The sites featured vary from the well-known stone circles such as Stonehenge, Avebury and the Rollright Stones to obscure and rarely-photographed megaliths like The Tingle Stone situated on Princess Anne's private estate, the triangular-shaped, holed Tolven Stone at Gweek in Cornwall and Woeful Dane's Bottom in Gloucestershire.
Megalith
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Author : Damian Walford Davies
language : en
Publisher: Gomer Press
Release Date : 2006
Megalith written by Damian Walford Davies and has been published by Gomer Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Great Britain categories.
Both ancient and urgent, baffling and strangely familiar, megaliths are resonant presences in the landscapes. In this book, 11 well-known writers offer compelling engagements with 11 megalithic sites in Britain and Ireland. These essays lyrically animate cold stone and map dramatic emotional terrain.
Bluestone Magic
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Author : Robin Heath
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-12-01
Bluestone Magic written by Robin Heath and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-01 with categories.
Have you ever felt, while visiting a megalithic monument, that there may be something more going on beyond the sparse model of human culture in prehistory presented by archaeologists and historians? If so, then this book may be exactly what you have been looking for -- because it offers an explanation as to why those monuments are out there on the landscape, and why they were placed at a particular location. And more! Whether the local bluestones were taken to Stonehenge or moved by glacial action, they were certainly important in prehistoric times, being employed in various stages of the construction of Stonehenge. The history of this mystery, ancient and modern, from Merlin and Geoffrey of Monmouth to the 'healing stones' theory of Timothy Darvill and Geoffrey Wainwright, is covered in detail. This book provides a much needed and important guide to anyone visiting the major and a few minor megalithic sites in the Preseli region of West Wales, but it takes in a much wider compass than this. Packed with new original research, apart from telling you how to get to the major sites, and about the geometry of monuments, it will inform you on how sites relate to others, often over long distances, and how they are related to their landscapes and skyscapes.