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The Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland |
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The Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland by Chris Scarre
From Stonehenge to
Newgrange, one of the richest arrays of megalithic monuments in Europe is found in Britain and Ireland.
Using massive stone blocks (megaliths), timber posts and mounds of earth or
chalk, great monuments were built from the beginning of the Neolithic some
6000 years ago down into the Bronze Age.
The number and sheer diversity of these structures is astonishing. Stone
circles and chambered tombs, burial mounds and earthwork enclosures, henges
and cursus monuments, all belong to the same general category of monumental
prehistoric architecture.
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Tombs, sanctuaries, places of cult and of memory: these Neolithic monuments
had numerous functions in prehistoric societies. Transforming the landscape,
such grand structures must have represented for their communities a
particular way of responding to changing social and symbolic needs, whether
processing the dead, gathering for ceremonies or embellishing locations that
were of sacred significance.
Organized by geographical area, this authoritative overview is ideal for
traveller and student alike.
Chris Scarre is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Durham and a
specialist in the prehistory of Western Europe.
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