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Win: Stone Circles A Field Guide by Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings submitted by Dodomad : From Stonehenge and the Ring of Brogdar to the Rollright Stones and Avebury, the British and Irish Isles are scattered with the stone circles of our prehistoric ancestors. Although there have been many theories to explain them, to this day there is no consensus about their purpose. Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings provide a clear and illuminating field guide to 424 key stone circle sites in ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Out this week - Stone Circles A Field Guide by Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings, we had 2x copies to give away. Congratulations to our two book winners, drawn totally at random from 120+ entries, Simon Trafford from Hove and Graeme Foster, member ID Foz750, your books are on their way! The answer was of course the inimitable Aubrey Burl, seen below in 2005 at the Rollrights.

Aubrey Burl I'm sure he would have been delighted that Profs Richards and Cummings are following in his footsteps.

Yale UP say: "The definitive guide to the stone circles of Britain and Ireland"



The isles of Britain and Ireland are scattered with the stone circles of our prehistoric ancestors. Although there have been many theories to explain them, to this day there is no consensus about their purpose.

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Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings provide a clear and illuminating field guide to 424 key stone circle sites in Britain and Ireland. Organised by region, this handy volume sets out the features of these megalithic monuments, including their landscape position, construction, and physical properties. The authors take stock of cutting-edge research and recent excavations stone circles that were previously lost to time. They present new insights on the chronology, composition, and roles of different circles to transform our understanding the sites.

520 Pages, 241 x 171 mm, 147 colour illus. + 8 maps, Paperback
Published: 10 September 2024



Includes a massive 18 pages of Bibliography and Further Reading [Cough - MegP Ed]

Competition Question was: Name the best known (and sadly now deceased) author of books about stone circles.

To enter please email your answer to [email protected] with Subject: Stone Circles Competition
COMPTETITON NOW CLOSED. Closing Date was end Wednesday 11th September so we can get your copy out to you ASAP.
UK shipping only for the prizes due to weight, apologies. Also the copies we were sent were slightly dented in the post (see top photo)

More details of Stone Circles A Field Guide by Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.
With many thanks to Yale UP for providing the competition prizes.

Note: Competition now closed, here are the lucky winners
Contributor Bio for Andy B: Megalithic Portal Founding Editor.

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Discount code for Stone Circles A Field Guide by Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 September 2024
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Sorry the code sent out Yale books for the discount had expired: they say:
New code all set up, I've tested it as well. Apologies for the confusion with the other one.
To purchase the book at £5 discount (£25) with free postage, enter the code MEGAL when prompted at the checkout here:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300235982/stone-circles/
Offer only for customers in the UK and only for orders via yalebooks.co.uk. Offer runs until 31st October 2024.
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Re: Win: Stone Circles A Field Guide by Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings by Andy B on Friday, 13 September 2024
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Having now gone through and replied to all the competition entries rather than just counting down the list, the overwhelming majority of you got it right as Aubrey Burl, much love and appreciation for the old geezer was sent in and quite a few confident 'of course's so well done most!
We had a few Alexander Thoms, a couple of John Aubreys (understandable mistake), a John Michell and a couple of pedantically correct Harry Aubrey Woodruff Burls (still correct that)

A couple of wags with "hopefully you’re thinking of Aubrey Burl, unless there’s some bad news about Julian Cope I haven’t heard..." (!)

A handful of people congratulated us on our book launch - it's not our book, we're just doing a favour for the publishers and our readers by giving away some copies. And thanks also for all the kind complements about the Portal, it keeps us going.

I'm told the discount code I sent out has expired, I'll try and get an update on Monday.
Cheers, Andy B
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Re: Win: Stone Circles A Field Guide by Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings by Andy B on Tuesday, 10 September 2024
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I didn’t want to organise a review of this book as it would be impossible to be impartial but if someone would like to send an independent review in please do - so far we have this from Rob Ixer:
the-past.com/review/books/stone-circles-a-field-guide/
[blush - what Rob meant to say there is "Andy Burnham and numerous contributors", I tried to get that correction in but it was too late! - MegP Ed]
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