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Stonehenge, located in the picturesque Wiltshire, England, continues to captivate and intrigue visitors and researchers alike. For centuries, this ancient monument has been a focal point of speculation and investigation. In this early exploration, the author reflects on their summer experiences spent measuring and contemplating the incredible stone circles crafted by the ancient Druids across the British Isles. As they share in the preface Years ago, I dedicated my summers to observing, measuring, and pondering the remarkable works of the Druids, whose stunning circles of stone are scattered ...

Beneath the Druids Tree, Irish myths and history collide with today. Each episode dives into tales of heroes, monsters, and humanity—raw, strange, and unapologetically real. The past isn’t distant here; it’s a mirror, a map, and sometimes, a warning. Through C. Thomas Smiths' style blending the surreal, real and darkly funny, the Druids Tree podcast retells the tales that created a people in a modern way.

William Stukeley's study of Stonehenge from 1740 is a classic in the field. Stukeley, a fellow of the Royal Society, was a conservationist who complained about the way Stonehenge was treated by landowners and tourists. The book includes his accurate drawings that are still being used by scholars today.

Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Historian Ronald Hutton shows how this lack of definite information has allowed succeeding British generations to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent the Druids. Hutton's captivating book is the first to encompass two thousand years of Druid history and to explore the evolution of English, Scottish, and Welsh attitudes toward the forever ambiguous figures of the ancient Celtic world.

From warrior queens to King Arthur, this epic collection explores the tribes, rulers and civilisations of Britain's Iron Age In the first millennium BC, the Iron Age arrived in Britain, bringing with it huge technological and social changes. New civilisations arose, the landscape was transformed...