Circles of silence

by Don Robins

. 1985, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981

168 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Rebecca O'Sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book narrates the study, analysis and interpretation of background noise anomalies at the Rollright Standing Stones in the Midlands, England. The book follows three "arcs" of narration: the first describes how the author learnt about the stones and his initial observations; the second provides possible scientific explanations for the anomalous patterns of background radiation at the Rollright Stones; the third describes and interprets their position in legends in the area.

Altogether, the author's findings are fascinating and his continuous struggle to have these recognised by the academic community provide an interesting insight into archaeology's bias towards scientific methods at the time. However, Robins recalls in the final pages a paper by a student who accurately predicted the events of his life in the next five years, which he attempts to use to justify intuitive enquiry. The aim of the third "arc" of the book seems to be to reconcile scientific method with unexplainable intuition, however Robins is not persuasive enough to fulfil this goal.