Below is an easy-to-browse gallery
of books that cater to those who are interested in visiting England or learning
more about its ancient past. The majority of descriptions below are by independent
editors. Feel free to purchase these books directly from Amazon.com!
Uffington
White Horse in its Landscape :
The White Horse carved into the chalk of the hillside at Uffington forms part
of a complex of prehistoric and later monuments, including the Uffington 'Castle'
hillfort, the Ridgeway track, and a number of burial mounds. The nature and date
of construction of the White Horse has been the subject of considerable debate,
as has its use and possible meaning in past society. This volume presents a full,
illustrated account of the archaeological, artefactual and documentary research
on the White Horse and its associated sites, carried out between 1989 and 1995.
These investigations demonstrate for the first time that the White Horse
was originally prehistoric in date. The fact that it has been reworked repetitively
since its construction indicates a remarkable continuity in its use and significance
over the past several thousand years. This investigation provides new insights
into the fascinating landscape of the White Horse, the hillfort and the surrounding
sites - a landscape that is best appreciated through movement and visibility across
it.
This study encourages us to look openly at the changing roles of the
various monuments associated with the White Horse and their physical setting,
particularly during the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, but also within the
longer-term history of this part of the Berkshire Downs.
Solving Stonehenge: The Key to an Ancient Enigma :
A completely new and convincing solution to the key puzzles of Stonehenge. As
Anthony Johnson reveals in this astonishing book, patient detective work and detailed
computer analysis of clues hidden within this famous monument can be made to yield
remarkable new insights into how the earthwork and stone circle were conceived
and laid out...
The prehistoric engineering skills involved in the construction
of Stonehenge have long been recognized, but Johnson presents for the first time
tangible evidence to show that locked within the symmetry of the stones are precise
formulae that determined their numbers, spacing, and relationships.
He
explains how the Neolithic surveyors set out the fifty-six Aubrey Holes, four
Station Stones, and the thirty stones in the Sarsen Circle; and the significance
of the horseshoe arrangement of massive trilithons at the heart of the monument.
The implications are far reaching, demonstrating that the people who designed
Stonehenge in all its phases of construction, spanning over 1,000 years, employed
simple and elegant geometric rules...
A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany:
Second Edition :
"An informed, informative, and well-balanced survey of the facts, fictions,
and problems of our stone circles." Glyn Daniel, The Guardian "Burl's
authoritative book is indispensable for anyone pursuing this tantalising enigma."
Publishers' Weekly "A magnificent book thorough, lucid, scholarly, and at
times poetic...A landmark book." Alan J. Friedman, San Francisco Review of
Books "An admirable balance of scholarship and literary skill." New
Yorker.
Stonehenge is one of the wonders of the world, a symbol of ancient achievement
and a testament to the skills of our distant ancestors. It remains a place of
great mystery and a place of haunting beauty. It is unique amongst Neolithic monuments;
there is nothing like it anywhere else in the world. Today, nearly a million people
a year come to brooding, wind-swept Salisbury Plain and marvel at the henge's
great age, the size and arrangement of its iconic stones and the extraordinary
ingenuity of its prehistoric builders.
This stunning album captures that
beauty and the many moods of Stonehenge, using familiar images and new photography
to show the stones and their setting from every angle. Each spread includes a
'compass' to show the direction of the photograph. The majesty of the monument
is captured in every season, through wintry mists and at the setting of the sun
on mid-summer's day.
The Gods' Machines: From Stonehenge to Crop Circles :
"Thank you for your wonderful book. ... Concerning megalithic sites, I think
your ideas are great. ... Humans have never understood for what purpose the original
temples were built—not in the past and not in the present. Therefore, your
analysis is a mind-opener and absolutely necessary for pre-historians. Congratulations!"
—Erich von Däniken, author of Chariots of the Gods.
Six thousand years ago, an unknown people built the famous standing stones and
stone circles of Britain. These mysterious structures range from the famous Stonehenge
and the Rollright Stones to the obscure Hoar Stone of Lower Swell and Robber's
Stone of Llandyfydog. This lavish, oversize book differs from many recent others
by displaying only black-and-white photographs of the selected monuments, which,
far from restricting the evocative artistry of the book, enhances it.
The White Horse carved into the chalk of the hillside at Uffington forms part
of a complex of prehistoric and later monuments, including the Uffington 'Castle'
hillfort, the Ridgeway track, and a number of burial mounds. The nature and date
of construction of the White Horse has been the subject of considerable debate,
as has its use and possible meaning in past society. This volume presents a full,
illustrated account of the archaeological, artefactual and documentary research
on the White Horse and its associated sites, carried out between 1989 and 1995.
A completely new and convincing solution to the key puzzles of Stonehenge. As
Anthony Johnson reveals in this astonishing book, patient detective work and detailed
computer analysis of clues hidden within this famous monument can be made to yield
remarkable new insights into how the earthwork and stone circle were conceived
and laid out...
"An informed, informative, and well-balanced survey of the facts, fictions,
and problems of our stone circles." Glyn Daniel, The Guardian "Burl's
authoritative book is indispensable for anyone pursuing this tantalising enigma."
Publishers' Weekly "A magnificent book thorough, lucid, scholarly, and at
times poetic...A landmark book." Alan J. Friedman, San Francisco Review of
Books "An admirable balance of scholarship and literary skill." New
Yorker.
Stonehenge is one of the wonders of the world, a symbol of ancient achievement
and a testament to the skills of our distant ancestors. It remains a place of
great mystery and a place of haunting beauty. It is unique amongst Neolithic monuments;
there is nothing like it anywhere else in the world. Today, nearly a million people
a year come to brooding, wind-swept Salisbury Plain and marvel at the henge's
great age, the size and arrangement of its iconic stones and the extraordinary
ingenuity of its prehistoric builders. 
"Thank you for your wonderful book. ... Concerning megalithic sites, I think
your ideas are great. ... Humans have never understood for what purpose the original
temples were built—not in the past and not in the present. Therefore, your
analysis is a mind-opener and absolutely necessary for pre-historians. Congratulations!"
—Erich von Däniken, author of Chariots of the Gods.
Six thousand years ago, an unknown people built the famous standing stones and
stone circles of Britain. These mysterious structures range from the famous Stonehenge
and the Rollright Stones to the obscure Hoar Stone of Lower Swell and Robber's
Stone of Llandyfydog. This lavish, oversize book differs from many recent others
by displaying only black-and-white photographs of the selected monuments, which,
far from restricting the evocative artistry of the book, enhances it. 
