Monuments of Orkney: A Visitor's Guide (Explore Scottish Monuments) - Softcover

Wickham-Jones, Caroline

 
9781849170734: Monuments of Orkney: A Visitor's Guide (Explore Scottish Monuments)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1849170738 ISBN 13: 9781849170734
Verlag: Historic Environment Scotland, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

From the Early Neolithic farm at Knap of Howar to the flamboyant chapel built by Italian prisoners of war in the 1940s, the Orkney Islands are amazingly rich in historic and prehistoric sites.

At their centre is a cluster of spectacular Neolithic monuments - domestic, ceremonial and burial - now inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Orkney later became a flourishing Norse centre, with St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall as its striking centrepiece. The palaces of the notorious Stewart earls also survive as a relic of Renaissance grandeur; while later periods have left evidence of industry, war and worship.

In this extensively illustrated guide, Orkney-based archaeologist Caroline Wickham-Jones introduces more than 60 monuments in concise and accessible terms, set in context by a brief history of the islands. A site location directory is also included.

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Verlag
Historic Environment Scotland
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1849170738
ISBN 13 
9781849170734
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
88
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