Watkins, Alfred,1855-193 – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Sat, 30 Oct 2021 11:13:59 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Watkins, Alfred,1855-193 – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 The old straight track https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-old-straight-track/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/the-old-straight-track/ A 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.

]]> 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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