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Brownie wrote:
Hi there
after buying JC's book TMA a few months ago mainly out of
curiousity I found it quite fascinating and have decided to get my
"hands mucky" and go out and see these some of these wonderful
"snapshots of time" for myself.
However can anyone recommed a decent book for beginners ?
I need to decipher my barrows from my henges and my dolmens
from my recumbents.
I looked on Amazon at a book by Robin Heath "Stone Circles for
Beginners" however one of the comments suggested it was not
entirely a beginners book.
does anyone have any suggestions please ?
Hello Brownie , the problem with the Robin Heath book ,as I see it , is likely to be the emphasis on archaeastronomy , sacred landscapes etc as opposed to the more straightforward archaeology found in the shire books , but if that's what your'e looking for , fine .

Exactly. Read about what's known, what's actually their BEFORE going on to trying to find out/work out why.
Otherwise you'll end up thinking Stonehenge is the foundations of a giant rotary washing line...