Harry Aubrey Woodruff Burl FSA HonFSA Scot (24 September 1926 – 8 April 2020) was a British archaeologist best known for his studies into megalithic monuments...
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England; 81 in Wales; 49 in Brittany (France); and 6 in the Channel Isles. Aubrey Burl records six sites in the Channel Islands, four on Guernsey and two on...
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player Aubrey Burl (1926–2020), British archaeologist Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa (1918–2009), British soldier and television executive Aubrey Casewell...
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2009. Burl 1979. p. 30. Burl 1979. pp. 31–32. Burl 1979. p. 31. Burl 1979. p. 32. Burl 1979. p. 33. Burl 1979. p. 36. Burl 1979. pp. 36–37. Burl 1979....
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burl or burr is a deformed outgrowth on a tree trunk. Burl may also refer to: Burl (given name) Burl (EP), 1986 EP by American band Killdozer Aubrey Burl...
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toward circular monuments had symbolic associations. As the archaeologist Aubrey Burl stated, "There was a change from the cramped, gloomy chamber of a tomb...
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climate of the Hyperboreans is so mild they grow two crops a year." Aubrey Burl noted that other parts of Diodorus' description make it a poor fit for...
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English "cromlech". Also, more recently in English, scholars such as Aubrey Burl use "cromlech" as a synonym for "megalithic stone circle". Almendres...
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in Wessex. A funerary purpose is thought to be likely, especially by Aubrey Burl. He thought that such sites in Cumbria are analogous to the kerbs that...
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megalithic ring lies to the right of the path. Megalithic specialist Aubrey Burl called Swinside "the loveliest of all the circles" in north-western Europe...
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posts of the Sanctuary are marked by concrete markers. The archaeologist Aubrey Burl noted that the site is "visually unexciting", offering only a "dull and...
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axial stone circles. They are believed by some archaeologists such as Aubrey Burl to be associated with rituals in which moonlight played a central role...
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ISSN 2397-334X. PMC 6520225. PMID 30988490. Aubrey Burl, Prehistoric Stone Circles (Shire, 2001) (In Burl's Stonehenge (Constable, 2006), he notes, cf...
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simple use of square and circle geometry. Aubrey Burl also notes that the azimuth of the Heel Stone, beyond the Aubrey Circle, marks the midpoint in the swing...
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and in some cases have been destroyed. As noted by the archaeologist Aubrey Burl, these destroyed examples have left behind "only frustrating descriptions...
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located in the Dumfries and Galloway council area. It is compiled from Aubrey Burl's 'County Gazetteer of the Stone Circles in Britain, Ireland and Brittany'...
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Written by the prominent English archaeologist and megalithic specialist Aubrey Burl, it was first published in 1981 by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Each chapter...
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Shakespeare's "knowing imaginings", rather than allusions to actual events. Aubrey Burl, a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and commentator on prehistoric...
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Stonehenge: A History in Photographs, English Heritage ISBN 1-85074-895-0 Aubrey Burl (1979), Prehistoric Avebury, Yale University Press ISBN 0-300-02368-5...
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slaughtered for the feasting that would accompany the ceremonies. — Aubrey Burl (1981) Rites of the Gods. Even in the 18th century the site was still...
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in Ireland recorded by Aubrey Burl. It is among a large number of megalithic monuments in the area, such as Ardgroom. Aubrey Burl (2005). Prehistoric Stone...
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Stones, a 557 page tome published posthumously with the assistance of Aubrey Burl in 1990. Thom died on 7 November 1985 at Fort William hospital, aged 91...
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Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 9 July 2014. Burl, Aubrey (1979). Rings of Stone. London: Francis Lincoln. Burl, Aubrey (2000). The Stone Circles of Britain,...
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Cornwall. Printed for Nichols and Sons for the Society of Antiquaries. Aubrey Burl (2005). A guide to the stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany...
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archaeologists continue to refer to this structure as a henge; for example, Aubrey Burl classifies the ditch as a Class II henge; one that has two opposing entrances...
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as twenty-six menhirs that suffered at the hands of stone-breakers. Aubrey Burl suggested twenty eight, set up on opposite facing pairs and suggests...
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removal of different stones. Riley & Wilson-North 2001, p. 27. Burl 1993, p. 27. Burl, Aubrey (1993). From Carnac to Callanish: The Prehistoric Stone Rows...
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have engulfed two of the megaliths in the circle. The archaeologist Aubrey Burl noted that while "this petite ring should be a delight to see", it was...
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their monuments to have solar or lunar alignments. Megalithic specialist Aubrey Burl in 1976 suggested that the King Stone had been a landmark or guidepost...
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John Aubrey, F.R.S. London: Wiltshire Topographical Society. Burl, Aubrey (2010). John Aubrey & Stone Circles: Britain's first archaeologist, from Avebury...
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