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A Guide to the Stones Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany / Aubrey Burl. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995

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Collection number: NAMOSRL GN805 .B8698 1995 (Circulating)

Summary

"From Stonehenge to Callanish, from Newgrange to Er-Lannie, great prehistoric stone circles draw thousands of admiring visitors each year. This practical and informative guidebook, written by Aubrey Burl, the acknowledged authority on these monuments, is the first to deal comprehensively with the stone circles of Britain and Ireland, and the cromlechs of Brittany."--Page 4 of cover.

Dates

  • Publication: 1995

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

1 Books : 276 pages : illustrations, maps, b&w photographs ; 22 cm

Language

From the Sub-Series: English

Contents

Preface (p.10-11)

Introduction (p.13-21)

Maps (p.22-28)

Illustration: William Stukeley's Sketch of Boscawen-Un, Cornwall, Merry Maidens, Cornwall and Meini-gwyr (p.30)

Glossary (p.263-264)

Abbreviations (p.265)

Bibliography (p.266-268)

Index (p.269-276)

Great Britain. England

Cornwall (p.31-38)

Cumberland (p.18-49)

Derbyshire (p.49-55)

Devon (p.55-67)

Dorset (p.67-68)

Lancashire (p.68-70)

Northumberland (p.70-72)

Oxfordshire (p.72-74)

Shropshire (p.74-76)

Somerset 9P.76-80)

Westmorland (p.80-82)

Wiltshire (p.82-90)

Yorkshire (p.90-91)

Great Britain. Scotland

Aberdeenshire (p.93-111)

Angus (p.111)

Argyllshire (p.111-113)

Arran (p.113-118)

Banffshire (p.118-120)

Berwickshire (p.120)

Bute (p.120)

Caithness (p.120-121)

Dumfriesshire (p.121-125)

Fife (p.125-127)

Inverness-shire (p.127-135)

Islay (p.135)

Kincardineshire (p.135-140)

Kirkcudbrightshire (p.141-142)

Moray (p.142-143)

Mull (p.143-145)

Orkney (p.145-148)

Outer Hebrides, Lewis (p.148-152)

North Uist (p.152-153)

Peebles-shire (p. 153)

Perthshire (p.153-166)

Ross and Cromarty (p.166)

Roxburghshire (p.166-167)

Shetland (p.167-168)

Skye (p.168)

Sutherland (p.168-170)

Tiree, Inne Hebrides (p.170-171)

Wigtownshire (p.171)

Great Britain. Wales

Clwyd (Flintshire) (p.172)

Dyfed (Cardigan, Carmarthen, Pembrokeshire) (p.172-174)

Glamorgan (p.174)

Gwent (Monmouthshire) (p.174)

Gwynedd (Caernarfon, Merioneth) (p.175-179)

Powys (Brecknockshire, Montgomery, Radnorshire) (p.179-184)

Ynys Mona (Anglesey) (p.184-186)

Rest of United Kingdom. Channel Isles ; Isle of Man

Channel Isles

Jersey (p.187)

Isle of Man

Isle of Man (p.187-189)

Rest of United Kingdom. Northern Ireland ; Republic of Ireland

Northern Ireland

Co. Down (p.191-194)

Co. Fermanagh (p.194-197)

Co. Londonderry (p.197-199)

Co. Tyrone (p.199-209)

Republic of Ireland

Co. Cavan (p.210-212)

Co. Cork (212-229)

Co. Donegal (p.229-231)

Co. Dublin (p.231-232)

Co. Galway (p.232)

Co. Kerry (p.232-235)

Co. Kildare (p.235-237)

Co. Limerick (p.237-238)

Co. Louth (238-239)

Co. Mayo (p.239-242)

Co. Meath (p.242-243)

Co. Sligo (p.243-246)

Co. Waterford (p.247)

Co. Wicklow (p.247-250)

France. Brittany ; Southern France

Brittany

Côtes-du-Nord (p.251)

Finistère (p.252)

Ille-et-Vilaine (p.252-253)

Morbihan (p.253-261)

Southern France

Southern France (p.262)

Repository Details

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