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Yorkshire is a testament to the enduring power of stone. From the imposing walls of Skipton Castle to the ruins of Whitby Abbey, the inhabitants of England’s largest county have evidently found both beauty and practicality in the use of stone for thousands of years. But amidst these well-known and relatively recent historic sites lies a host of monuments of extreme antiquity, built up to six thousand years ago.
Drawing upon new research, excavation notes and diagrams, Yorkshire’s Prehistoric Monuments aims to reveal the secrets of one of Britain's richest archaeological landscapes. Yorkshire's standing stones, burial cairns and extensive earthworks are among Northern Europe's best-preserved prehistoric relics. Featuring original photography and newly illustrated diagrams compiled over several years of travel and writing, Adam Morgan Ibbotson invites you to take a journey into a landscape sculpted by ancient hands.
‘In the sheer quantity and quality of the sites included, it does highlight the richness and variation of the prehistoric archaeology in England’s largest historic county.’
Current Archaeology,
‘This is precisely the type of the book that makes me want to get my map out and plan a hiking adventure across Yorkshire, dazzling any hiking companion with my newfound knowledge of the monuments encountered.’
Cat Jarman, British Archaeology magazine,
5th May, 2023 in Archaeology, History
Archaeology is all around us. Head into the countryside and there will be some remnant from times past not far from you. Sometimes it’s ‘only’ a couple of hundred years old and other sites may be thousands of years old. But how can you tell how old a stone circle is, or an ancien…
