Product Description

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 Soskins 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #66806 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

Standing with Stones:A Photographic Journey through Megalithic Britain and Ireland
I think this book is very well produced. The photographs are good, and very interesting, helping to convey the fascination for these structures which I already hold. The book encourages further reading and exploration. I had trouble in putting it down.

great photos
I received this as a gift, although it was the DVD I had asked for. Despite that, I was very pleased: gorgeous pictures of many different standing stones throughout Britain, both well-known and virtually unknown, together with interestingly intelligent and practical commentary on the site and immediate area.