Set in Stone?

Of all the great prehistoric monuments of the British Isles none has been the subject of so much speculation and discussion as Stonehenge. People have wondered about Stonehenge and its history for centuries and the theories accreted around it over the last thousand years provide a fascinating reflection of the history of archaeology, showing how the discipline has gradually developed. From the first written account of the monument in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regium Britanniae in the Middle Ages, to the radiocarbon dating of the last century, our unfolding understanding of Stonehenge is in many ways a microcosm of the development of British archaeology and this beautifully illustrated book tells that story.