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Author | : Alfred Watkins |
Publisher | : Little Brown |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780349137070 |
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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?
Author | : Alfred Watkins |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2014-09-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 178185663X |
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A beautiful new edition of a classic work of landscape history, in which Alfred Watkins introduced the idea of ancient 'ley lines' criss-crossing the English countryside. First published in 1925, THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK described the author's theory of 'ley lines', pre-Roman pathways consisting of aligned stone circles and prehistoric mounds, used by our Neolithic ancestors. Watkins's ideas have intrigued and inspired generations of readers – from historians to hill walkers, and from amateur archaeologists to new-age occultists. This edition of THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK, with a substantial introduction by Robert Macfarlane, will appeal to all who treasure the history, contours and mystery of Britain's ancient landscapes.
Author | : Alfred Watkins |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-10-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1781856621 |
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Previous edition: London: Methuen, 1925.
Author | : Alfred Watkins |
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Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : England |
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Author | : Alfred Watkins |
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Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Geomancy |
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Download Early British Trackways, Moats, Mounds, Camps, and Sites Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : A. Watkins |
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Release | : 1925 |
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Release | : 2020 |
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ISBN | : 9781910839409 |
Download ALFRED WATKINS' HEREFORDSHIRE IN HIS OWN WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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Release | : 1925 |
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Download The Old Straight Track ; Its Mounds, Beacons, Moats, Sites and Mark Stones. With Forty Illustrations from Photographs by the Author Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Alfred Watkins |
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Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 1925 |
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Download The Old Straight Track: its mounds, beacons, moats, sites, and mark stones ... With forty illustrations ... maps, and diagrams Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : John Michell |
Publisher | : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1989-11 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780892813377 |
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From the temples of Egypt to the stone circles of Britain, Michell traces the development of the science of astro-archaeology.