Two new books on the Recumbent Stone Circles of Aberdeenshire
Submitted by Tyrebagger on Thursday, 26 October 2006 Page Views: 4547
Neolithic and Bronze AgeCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone CircleInternal Links:
After years without any books on the Recumbent Stone Circles of Aberdeenshire, we will get two in the next couple of years - to quote Adam Welfare at RCAHMS: "We are presently working on two books about Aberdeenshire. The most advanced is a detailed multi-period study of the archaeology of the Don Valley, which we trust will be published sometime this coming year (2007)."
This contains an overview of the Recumbent Stone Circles and related stone rings, etc., within the survey area. In the case of the RSCs, the Don Valley embraces about 50% of the known examples.The cover may even feature a Hi-Spy shot of Easter Aquhorthies . . ."
As a result of collecting so much info on RSC's during the course of researching this book, they decided to put it to good use and:
"because such a high proportion of the known sites had been surveyed in the course of that study, we decided to examine the remainder to the north and the south of this core distribution and produce a separate volume devoted to the Recumbent Stone Circles themselves. There were many reasons why this seemed a good idea, not the least being that the class, itself, was long overdue a review, as almost 150 sites have been attributed to it rightly or wronglyover the years. This is likely to appear in about 12 to 18 months time (2008).
Although the RSCs form the heart of this volume, it has been necessarily to discuss them in relation to the many similar monument types in their immediate neighbourhood and also further afield. Part of the study is also devoted to a review of the development of the ideas that have gradually accreted concerning their origin and purpose."
I can't wait. He also told me that full use of colour will be made throughout, in both photos and graphics, so they should be fantastic books. They will most likely appear under publication of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
As with all publishing, the dates are subject to revision, but roll on 2008!
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