Aubrey Burl RIP

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thesweetcheat Apr 15, 2020 22:24:13
Replying to Zariadris

Thank you for that lovely tribute.

Burl's books, especially the paperback Guide to the Stone Circles, changed my life. I'm still planning trips and holidays from it two decades after I first got it. His Avebury book directly inspired my approach to multiple visits exploring the wider landscape, with the henge as destination rather than sole objective.

I must re-read Rites of the Gods, thanks for the prompt.

Z Zariadris
Zariadris Apr 16, 2020 13:20:32
Replying to thesweetcheat

Cheers man. I know I'm speaking for each one of us, as all of us are.

Your comment about how Burl changed your perspective about re-visiting sites is key. Wish I were in the UK. Would be lovely to visit Avebury - or any site - with a group of fellow modern antiquarians (or antique mods, as I describe myself these days) for a kind of fan commemoration. A celebration of his whole trip. I'm sure many of you will be doing just that. Keep me in mind!

Just want to add that for some reason Julian's mention of Burl in some posts years ago, around the time of Julian's Avebury lecture in London, made a real impression on me. Burl endeared himself all the more to me in the way he was so cool to Julian. I was struck by how open-minded, generous and accepting he was, with none of that snobbish vibe some specialists have. A gentleman and a scholar, to be sure.