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Prehistoric England - Stone Circles, Hill Drawings, Etc.

Pauline Kenny

Stonehenge

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, May 2005

Avebury

Avebury, Wiltshire, September 2004

Silbury Hill

Silbury Hill, Wiltshire, September 2004

Rollright Stones

Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire, September 2004

Resources

Slow Travel Photos - Prehistoric England: Photos of Stonehenge from our May 2005 trip; Avebury, Silbury Hill and the Rollright Stones from our September 2004 trip.

www.rollrightstones.co.uk: Rollright Stones, a stone circle in the Cotswolds near Chipping Norton.

easyweb.easynet.co.uk/aburnham/eng/index.htm: Megalithic Mysteries, England. Lists of stone circles, standing stones and other prehistoric sites.

www.megalithic.co.uk: Prehistoric sites in the UK and worldwide.

www.stonepages.com: Stone circles, dolmens, ancient standing stones, cairns, barrows, hill forts and archaeology of megalithic Europe.

Guidebooks

Discovering Prehistoric England, James Dyer, Shire Publications, 1993

I bought this book over 10 years ago in England and bring it with me on each trip. It lists by region the prehistoric sites. There are some photos and good descriptions. This is a good book if you want to hunt out obscure stone circles, hill forts, hill drawings, and other prehistoric remains.

Order from Amazon

Note: Amazon.com says there is a 1999 edition, but this is not listed on Amazon.co.uk, so I assume it is a typo - I have the 1993 edition.