The Stones and the Stars Building Scotland's Newest Megalith /

• Main Author: Lunan, Duncan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Physics.; Cultural heritage.; Geology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Archaeology.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Cultural Heritage.

There are at least 48 identified prehistoric stone circles in Scotland.  In truth, very little is known about the people who erected them, and ultimately about what the stone circles were for.  Most stone circles are astronomically aligned, which has led to the modern debate over the significance of...