The Watkins Manual of Exposure and Development (Classic Reprint)

Arts & Photography

Alfred WATKINS

Photography & Video

Forgotten Books

First published in 1925 The Old Straight Track remains the most important source for the study of ancient tracks or leys that criss-cross the British Isles—a fascinating system which was old when the Romans came to Britain.\nFirst in the Herefordshire countryside, and later throughout Britain, Alfred Watkins noticed that beacon hills, mounds, earthworks, moats and old churches built on pagan sites seemed to fall in straight lines. His investigation convinced him that Britain was covered with a vast network of straight tracks, aligned with either the sun or the path of a star.\nAlthough traces of this network can be found all over the country, the principles behind the ley system remain a mystery. Are they the legacy of a prehistoric scientific knowledge which is now all but lost? And was their purpose secular or religious?

Old Straight Track, the

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prehistoric structures in England.

THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK Its Mounds, Beacons, Moats, Sites and Mark Stones

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

First published in 1925 THE OLD STRAIGHT TRACK remains the most important source for the study of ancient tracks or leys that criss-cross the British Isles- a fascinating system which was old when the Romans came to Britain. First in the Herefordshire countryside, and later throughout Britain, Alfred Watkins noticed that beacon hills, mounds, earthworks, moats and old churches built on pagan sites seemed to fall in straight lines. His investigation convinced him that Britain was covered with a vast network of straight tracks, aligned with either the sun or the path of a star. Although traces of this network can be found all over the country, the principles behind the ley system remain a mystery. Are they the legacy of a prehistoric scientific knowledge which is now all but lost? And was their purpose secular or religious?

The Old Straight Track: The classic book on ley lines

History

Europe

Abacus Little, Brown

This book summarizes, and highlights main messages from, a February 2007 Global Forum convened by the World Bank to discuss strategies, programs, and policies for building science, technology and innovation (STI) capacity to promote sustainable growth and poverty reduction in developing countries.

Science, Technology, and Innovation: Capacity Building for Sustainable Growth

Business & Money

Michael Ehst

Economics

World Bank Publications

The ley hunter's manual: A guide to early tracks

Turnstone Press

Published in 1925, this book elaborated Alfred Watkins's theory of 'ley' lines, first put forward in his Early British Trackways. Based on his fieldwork in Herefordshire, Watkins's surmise was that the straight lines crossing Britain were ancient alignments with marked points, used for navigation by Stone Age man.

The Old Straight Track

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