BUILDING THE GREAT STONE CIRCLES OF THE NORTH

Building the Great Stone Circles of the North looks at the enigmatic stone structures of Scotland and investigates the background of their construction and their cultural significance. Beginning with a consideration of how the stone structures of Western Scotland can be interpreted, the volume looks in detail at the context of the circles and cairns from Orkney and the Outer Hebrides from quarrying the raw material to their symbolic role within the landscape before widening out into a consideration of the societies who built and used them and the myth and folklore that is now embedded within these megaliths.