Stonehenge: The Story of a Sacred Landscape

Stonehenge: The Story of a Sacred Landscape

by Francis Pryor

Perched on the chalk uplands of Salisbury Plain, the megaliths of Stonehenge offer one of the most recognizable outlines of any ancient structure. Its purpose- place of worship, sacrificial arena, giant calendar is unknown, but its story is one of the most extraordinary of any of the worlds prehistoric monuments. 

Francis Pryor delivers a rigorous account of the nature and history of Stonehenge, but also places the enigmatic monument in a wider cultural context, bringing acute insight into how antiquarians, scholars, writers, artists- and even neopagans- have interpreted the mystery over the centuries.