In this issue:
Caught Knapping: The Strange Career of Flint Jack - Robert Halliday describes the life of a once-notorious Victorian forger of prehistoric artefacts
Wassail! The origins of a drinking toast - Richard Sermon
Stones of Power - Raised in Magic Hour - Robert Farrah considers the folktales surrounding some prehistoric monuments and the dire consequences for those who would disturb these ancient places
Bridestones Revisited: Uncovering one of England's Best-Kept Neolithic Secrets - Paul and Vicky Morgan describe a once-mighty megalithic site in Cheshire, a county where the prehistory is rarely monumental
Sacred Preseli - David Kaiser considers aspects of the Preseli Mountains that may have led to the peaks being considered sacred in antiquity, and how this relates to the Stonehenge bluestones
The World Turned Upside Down Stonehenge Summer Solstice Before the Hippies - Notorious as it was, the Free Festival wasn't the first time people had assembled at Stonehenge in modern times. Adam Stout revisits earlier midsummer gatherings at the stones - and more...
Published on October 06, 2022 02:41