Brittany is a megalithic wonderland. Not only at Carnac, with its famous stone rows, but all over the armorican peninsula there are standing stones, chambered tombs, alignments and stone circles, both contemporary with and earlier than Stonehenge and Avebury.
Audrey Burl spent long periods in the field, visiting and studying the hundreds of sites listed in this book. In a characteristically informative and entertaining text he describes the architecture and archaeology of the monuments, providing clear instructions for finding them, and considers why they were built, including a new analysis of their orientation.
Descriptions of museums and suggestions for convenient touring centres make Megalithic Brittany, with its detailed gazetteer, two-colour maps pinpointing each site, and abundant photographs and line drawings, an original and readable guidebook for the visitor to Brittany or anyone interested in the early history of Western Europe. |
