The Old Straight Track

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First published in 1925, ‘The Old Straight Track’ outlined its author’s concept of ‘ley lines’, supposed pre-Roman pathways consisting of aligned stone circles, standing stones and prehistoric mounds, used for trading and ceremonial purposes by our Neolithic ancestors. Based on his surveys of the Anglo-Welsh border country near his Hereford home, Alfred Watkins believed that in ancient times the country was criss-crossed by a network of straight-line travel routes, with prominent features of the landscape used as navigation points. Watkins’s theories have intrigued and inspired generations of readers – from historians to hill walkers, and from amateur archaeologists to new-age occultists.

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ISBN: 9781800249523 Author: Watkins, Alfred Publisher: Apollo Publication Date: 4th February 2021 Imprint: Head of Zeus Cover: Paperback Dewey: 914.2 (edition:23) Pages: xlv, 342 Language: English Edition: New edition Readership: / Code: Category: Subjects: , ,

A beautiful new edition of a classic work of landscape history, in which Alfred Watkins introduced the idea of ancient ‘ley lines’ criss-crossing the English countryside.First published in 1925, The Old Straight Track described the author’s theory of ‘ley lines’, pre-Roman pathways consisting of aligned stone circles and prehistoric mounds, used by our Neolithic ancestors.Watkins’s ideas have intrigued and inspired generations of readers – from historians to hill walkers, and from amateur archaeologists to new-age occultists.This edition of The Old Straight Track, with a substantial introduction by Robert Macfarlane, will appeal to all who treasure the history, contours and mystery of Britain’s ancient landscapes.

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