PrehistoricStoneCircles

Forcenturies，stonecircleshaveexcitedtheimaginationoftheirvisitors，whilearchaeologists，astronomersandanthropologistshavearguedaboutthepurposeofthesemysteriousabandonedrings.Inrecentyears，accuratesurveysofmanysiteshaverevealedthatthesemonumentswerenotsimplyroughlyarrangedstonecircles，butinsteadelegantlydesignedritualcenters.Modernexcavationshaveshownthattheearliestcircleswereerectedoverfivethousandyearsagoandthatsightlineswereoftenbuiltintothemtowardsthesunormoon.WhetherinnorthernScotland，westernIreland，Wales，orsouthernEngland，apictureappearsofwidelydispersedcommunitiesconstructinggreatringsfortheirceremonies，frequentlyburyingburnthumanboneinsidethem.InPrehistoricStoneCircles，AubreyBurlstudiestheserings，explorestheirhistoryandrevealshowwearegraduallycomingtoanunderstandingofthetruesignificanceoftheseincrediblefeatsofconstruction.