A Guide to Ancient Sites in Britain

by Janet Bord, Colin Bord

A Guide to Ancient Sites in Britain

Genres: Nonfiction, Travel

184 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

(1945-)

Reviews

[Sherrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book written over 40 years ago, Janet and Colin Bord are the original experts when it comes to ancient and mysterious places in Britain. This is probably one of the first and certainly the forerunner to all the other books about henges, dolmens and suchlike. Well written and easy to read, black and white photos, but thats 1978, colour pictures few and far between.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit old now but ancient monuments won't have gone anywhere. The main issue will be changes in access over the years.

Looking at books like this always makes me want to go back to UK for more visits. In my youth I had no idea how much all the history would start to matter after living in a place without any ancient (or even really old) monuments or buildings. Yes the landscape here is old and at times beautiful but so is UK. Yes the weather here is better but culture and history are severely lacking or very anti-European (we are yelled at for being white in shopping centres, called invaders and required to pay for healthcare, education etc others aren't). There are places to see here and there are opportunities but they are far more limited and restricted for white people than they were 20 years ago, permits are required to visit our own countryside or go fishing for non-indigenous people.

UK has bad history too and was also invaded many times but at least that history is available to view for all and the good and bad are both told so we can learn. There is still so much to discover about our histories as people are brave enough to tell the whole truth and we discover more ancient artifacts. Here only certain parts of History and some traditions are allowed to be spoken about. Cannibalism and infanticide as population control is never mentioned.....I sure had no idea until I'd lived here for over a decade and yet we talk about these things in relation to PNG/Solomons/Fiji.....it makes sense. All cultures have good and bad.

Soon I will go back again and visit more of these sites while I still can.

[Roy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful list of pre-historic sites in England, Wales, and Scotland. I used this well-thumbed copy to lay out, and then to visit, a large number of sites during visits to the UK. The detail is light, but well-chosen, and gives you enough information to understand the sites, pick the ones of interest to you, and guide you to the spots that are usually well marked with more detailed signage when you get there. A wonderful book if you are into the meaning of sites that people did when all they had to work with was rocks and earth.