tiompan
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Re: The Living Mountain
Nov 14, 2013, 21:37
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thelonious wrote: Worth picking up if you get another chance. I'm sure you would like it tsc.
One of the best .Canongate did the "Grampian quartet " in a single volume about twenty years ago , that's one that didn't finish up in the loft .
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moss
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Re: The Living Mountain
Nov 14, 2013, 21:39
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It is a very lyrical book, her descriptions of the flora grabs the senses, the prose goes straight to the point. Macfarlane says of it "A celebratory prose-poem? A geo-poetic quest? a place-paen?"
It lay unpublished for 40 years after she had written it, and was first published in 1977.
Now what about that for a return book?
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thesweetcheat
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Re: Guide to Mysterious Loch Ness
Dec 29, 2013, 21:13
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Thought I'd bump this, as it led directly to finding a couple of sites not on the O/S map on my last Scotland holiday.
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moss
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Edited Jan 28, 2014, 21:55
Pagan Britain by Professor Ronald Hutton
Jan 02, 2014, 18:02
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Looks a good read, deals with megaliths, and an excellent biography of Hutton at the end, his favourite Neolithic long barrow being the one at Gatcombe Park, Glos.....
Pagan Britain
By Ronald Hutton
Yale University Press, 400pp, £25.00 and £36.00
ISBN 9780300197716 and 98584 (e-book)
Published 21 November 2013
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/books/pagan-britain-by-ronald-hutton/2010124.article
Also a review;
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/23/pagan-britain-ronald-hutton-review
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tjj
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Edited Jan 02, 2014, 23:17
Re: Pagan Britain by Professor Ronald Hutton
Jan 02, 2014, 23:13
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Just succumbed! I know I really shouldn't - £15 on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/0300197713/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1388704580&sr=8-1&keywords=pagan+britain+ronald+hutton&condition=new
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ironstone
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Re: Books of possible interest
Jan 09, 2014, 21:08
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Picking up on the mention of the Hippisley Cox book in another thread, an up-to-date companion can be found in the shape of Hugh Thomson's 'The Green Road Through The Trees' (Windmill Books paperback) an account of a walk the length of the Icknield Way taking in all the usual landmarks, not just the Neolithic/Iron Age ones. Whilst not exclusively concerned with TMA topics/sites and containing a lot of stuff about himself and his influences it's a good read because he's an engaging writer and it's the sort of book that makes you want to get out there and see these places. TMA and Julian get a mention, proving that his and the book's soul are in the right place.
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thesweetcheat
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The Green Road Into The Trees
Jan 09, 2014, 21:12
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http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/126834/miscellaneous/grims_ditch.html
As if by magic, tjj is a couple of days ahead of you :)
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tjj
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Re: The Green Road Into The Trees
Jan 09, 2014, 22:09
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thesweetcheat wrote:
Haha! Well spotted - it was a Xmas gift. I'm spoilt for choice though, as Ronald Hutton's book 'Pagan Britain' arrived yesterday.
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thesweetcheat
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Re: The Green Road Into The Trees
Jan 09, 2014, 22:30
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tjj wrote: thesweetcheat wrote:
Haha! Well spotted - it was a Xmas gift. I'm spoilt for choice though, as Ronald Hutton's book 'Pagan Britain' arrived yesterday.
Both sound good.
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Howburn Digger
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Re: Books of possible interest
Feb 07, 2014, 14:31
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Interesting PDF - a thesis "Contextualising Prehistoric Rock Art In Ireland" by Blaze Valeska O'Connor.
http://researchrepository.ucd.ie/bitstream/handle/10197/3703/VOLUME1_FULL_Locked.pdf?sequence=1
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