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thesweetcheat wrote: tjj wrote: I was wondering if anyone has come across Rude Stone Monuments by James Fergusson first published in 1872. I was looking at a facsimile copy recently with a lovely old engraving of the Standing Stones of Stenness as the frontispiece. The facsimile is published by The Lost Library (based in Glastonbury) as Old Stone Monuments. Does anyone have a view on its value as a reference book.
http://www.archive.org/details/rudestonemonumen00ferg
Hi June,
I bought a copy (of the copy) in Truro Waterstones in the summer, to my shame I haven't even got it out of the bag yet! Your post will prompt me to do that though. I did have skim on the bus back to St Ives at the time, it has some lovely pics in it (I have a feeling someone - Chance? - may have posted some of them on here).
Thanks for the comment tsc. I was looking at it in a London bookshop a few weeks back but opted to buy The Green Roads of England. The friend I was with did purchase the Old Stone Monuments so I can borrow it at some point - need to decide whether I should get hold of my own copy (as am trying to reign book purchases in at present).
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