Field Guides

A comprehensive guide to eight remarkable stone circles scattered across the fells and valleys of Cumbria. From the majestic Castlerigg circle above Keswick to the remote Long Meg and Her Daughters near Penrith, these monuments span over a thousand years of Neolithic and Bronze Age ritual. This guide provides detailed directions, historical context, and practical advice for visiting each site.

A guide to six outstanding Neolithic long barrows and Bronze Age barrow cemeteries on the chalk downland of Wiltshire. These monuments span three thousand years of funerary practice, from the great communal tombs of the early Neolithic to the individual round barrows of the Bronze Age elite. Each site offers a window into how our ancestors honoured their dead and understood the landscape.

A guide to seven sacred springs and holy wells hidden in the hedgerows, churchyards, and cliff-edges of Cornwall. These ancient water sources have been venerated for millennia — from pre-Christian water cults through Celtic saint dedications to modern pilgrimage. Each well has its own character, legend, and healing tradition. Cornwall possesses more holy wells per square mile than any other county in England.

A guide to five spectacular Iron Age hillforts along the borderlands between England and Wales. The Welsh Marches — the rolling hills of Herefordshire, Shropshire, and the Powys border — contain some of the most impressive hillforts in Britain. These vast earthwork enclosures, with their massive ramparts and ditches, dominated the landscape for nearly a thousand years during the first millennium BC.

A guide to six of the most significant Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments on Mainland Orkney, forming part of one of the most remarkable prehistoric landscapes in Europe. From the great stone circles of Brodgar and Stenness to the chambered cairns of Maeshowe and Cuween Hill, Orkney preserves its ancient past with extraordinary clarity. This guide takes in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site and beyond.

A guide to seven outstanding prehistoric and sacred sites on the granite uplands of Dartmoor in Devon. Dartmoor preserves one of the richest Bronze Age ritual landscapes in Europe — stone rows, circles, cairns, and settlements scattered across vast expanses of open moorland. This guide covers the finest and most atmospheric sites, from the ceremonial complex at Merrivale to the primeval oakwood of Wistman's Wood.