
Fancy flutter’d on her wildest wing - Fairies were a potent source of inspiration for 19th-century British artists.Where do you lay, Mr Watkins? - No one thought to seek Alfred Watkins’ own place in the landscape till Rob Stephenson came along Best match Highest price Lowest price First editions Signed copies All copies Simulacra: Faces and Figures in Nature by John Michell Seller Ergodebooks Published Condition Good ISBN 9780500271599 Item Price 27.28.
Propped Stones in the Outer Hebrides - Simple but distinctive: David Shepherd investigates Scottish examples of what may have been a precursor of the dolmen.
Adam Stout revisits earlier midsummer gatherings at the stones - and more.
The World Turned Upside Down Stonehenge Summer Solstice Before the Hippies - Notorious as it was, the Free Festival wasn't the first time people had assembled at Stonehenge in modern times. This remarkable book is intended to reassure those who see faces and figures in trees, rocks, clouds and damp stains on walls. Sacred Preseli - David Kaiser considers aspects of the Preseli Mountains that may have led to the peaks being considered sacred in antiquity, and how this relates to the Stonehenge bluestones. Bridestones Revisited: Uncovering one of England's Best-Kept Neolithic Secrets - Paul and Vicky Morgan describe a once-mighty megalithic site in Cheshire, a county where the prehistory is rarely monumental. Stones of Power - Raised in Magic Hour - Robert Farrah considers the folktales surrounding some prehistoric monuments and the dire consequences for those who would disturb these ancient places.
Wassail! The origins of a drinking toast - Richard Sermon. Caught Knapping: The Strange Career of Flint Jack - Robert Halliday describes the life of a once-notorious Victorian forger of prehistoric artefacts.