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don't be shy, be a devil....jump in with yer suggestions

TMA is my favorite. It's got attitude and although I don't subscribe to some of the theories, it just wouldn't be the same book if it wasn't so 'out there'. I bet I visit it every week.

I'm into Stone Circles, so the Large Burl Stone Circle book is another bible. I'd say that and TMA are my megalith faves.

But I LOVE regional books. For instance I was in Cumbria a few months back and John Waterhouse's Stone Circles Of Cumbria was a delight to take along.

Similarly, there's a great book about the Peak District called Rock Around The Peak by Vic & Paul Morgan. Like the Waterhouse one, it's plans, pics and directions written by people who love the sites. Great stuff!

I took The Romance Of The Stones by (?) to Cornwall a year or so back, and again, it was an invaluable resource. No photos, just clear line drawings. I gather this is hard to find.

Aberdeenshire needs a good book. I don't think there is one covering the RCSs. I'd love a nice in depth tome for around there.

Prior to the publication of TMA I only had books that put Roman & prehistoric Britain together. And they were shite for finding sites.

Good idea for a thread!

Burl's From Carnac to Callanish - The Prehistoric stone rows and avenues of Britain Ireland and Brittany, should not be forgotten.

I have Thoms Megalithic sites in Britain and his Megalithic Lunar Observatories. The text is pretty un-penetratable to my none mathmatical brain but the plans of circles can't be beaten.

I would strongly recommend Bob Trubshaws Sacred Places - Prehistory and Popular Imagination. Don't let the cover put you off, it's the best book I've read for yonks and would go so far as to say it is pretty damn close to essential reading for anyone who posts on TMA.

I'm a big fan of Richard Bradley and would definitely recommend any of his books particularly The Significance of Monuments.

for cornwall you can do no better than ian macneil cooke's "journey to the stones" and "mother and son- the cornish fogou"

Has anyone bought this recently? The only place I could find it was on amazon and they keep pushing back the estimated dispatch date, then I noticed there's a second hand one going for nearly £90. I heard it was out of print but is it that rare?