Author: Alfred Watkins
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780349137070
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
First published in 1925 THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK remains the most important source for the study of ancient tracks or leys that criss-cross the British Isles- a fascinating system which was old when the Romans came to Britain. First in the Herefordshire countryside, and later throughout Britain, Alfred Watkins noticed that beacon hills, mounds, earthworks, moats and old churches built on pagan sites seemed to fall in straight lines. His investigation convinced him that Britain was covered with a vast network of straight tracks, aligned with either the sun or the path of a star. Although traces of this network can be found all over the country, the principles behind the ley system remain a mystery. Are they the legacy of a prehistoric scientific knowledge which is now all but lost? And was their purpose secular or religious?
The Old Straight Track
Author: Alfred Watkins
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780349137070
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
First published in 1925 THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK remains the most important source for the study of ancient tracks or leys that criss-cross the British Isles- a fascinating system which was old when the Romans came to Britain. First in the Herefordshire countryside, and later throughout Britain, Alfred Watkins noticed that beacon hills, mounds, earthworks, moats and old churches built on pagan sites seemed to fall in straight lines. His investigation convinced him that Britain was covered with a vast network of straight tracks, aligned with either the sun or the path of a star. Although traces of this network can be found all over the country, the principles behind the ley system remain a mystery. Are they the legacy of a prehistoric scientific knowledge which is now all but lost? And was their purpose secular or religious?
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780349137070
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
First published in 1925 THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK remains the most important source for the study of ancient tracks or leys that criss-cross the British Isles- a fascinating system which was old when the Romans came to Britain. First in the Herefordshire countryside, and later throughout Britain, Alfred Watkins noticed that beacon hills, mounds, earthworks, moats and old churches built on pagan sites seemed to fall in straight lines. His investigation convinced him that Britain was covered with a vast network of straight tracks, aligned with either the sun or the path of a star. Although traces of this network can be found all over the country, the principles behind the ley system remain a mystery. Are they the legacy of a prehistoric scientific knowledge which is now all but lost? And was their purpose secular or religious?
British Lower Jurassic Stratigraphy
Author: M. J. Simms
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Describes 45 sites, from small quarries to magnificent coastal cliffs, which represent the entire British outcrop, from North-East Scotland to South Wales and South-West England. This book demonstrates the diversity of Lower Jurassic stratigraphy and facies in Britain. It is of considerable importance within a British and Western European context.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Describes 45 sites, from small quarries to magnificent coastal cliffs, which represent the entire British outcrop, from North-East Scotland to South Wales and South-West England. This book demonstrates the diversity of Lower Jurassic stratigraphy and facies in Britain. It is of considerable importance within a British and Western European context.
English Villages
Author: P. H. Ditchfield
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387325967
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387325967
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Earth and Its Inhabitants
Author: Elisée Reclus
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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The Progress of the Nation
Author: George Richardson Porter
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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The rural life of England
Author: William Howitt
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Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Languages : en
Pages : 860
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The World Before the Deluge
Author: Louis Figuier
Publisher:
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Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
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Category : Geology, Stratigraphic
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The Leading Facts of English History
Author: David Henry Montgomery
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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A History of Lancashire
Author: Henry Fishwick
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Category : Lancashire
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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Category : Lancashire
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A History of Devonshire
Author: Richard Nicholls Worth
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Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Devon (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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