Author: Jonathan Williams
Publisher:
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Category : Radnorshire (Wales)
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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Author: Alfred Watkins
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780349137070
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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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: Cecil George Savile Foljambe Earl of Liverpool
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Author: Theophilus Jones
Publisher:
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Category : Brecknockshire
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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Author: John Fisher
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016788458
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Charles Henry Browning
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 650

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Author: John W. Jordan
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5880233553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 958

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Author: Francis Kilvert
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1784875716
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Few have written more beautifully about the British countryside than Francis Kilvert. A country clergyman born in 1840, Kilvert spent much of his time visiting parishioners, walking the lanes and fields of Herefordshire and writing in his diary. Full of passionate delight in the natural world and the glory of the changing seasons, his diaries are as generous, spontaneous and vivacious as Kilvert himself. He is an irresistible companion. This new edition of William Plomer’s original selection contains new archival material as well as a fascinating introduction illuminating Kilvert’s world and the history of the diaries. ‘One of the best books in English’ Sunday Times 'Kilvert has touched and delighted (and mildly shocked) readers of his diaries ever since they were first published. New readers are in for a treat' Alan Bennett

Author: Lewis Morris
Publisher:
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Category : Celtic antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 760

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Author: Thomas Pennant
Publisher:
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Category : Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 624

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