Megalithic Astronomy—A Prehistorian's Comments

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Pending publication, copies of this catalogue are available gratis from the Department of Archaeology, University College, Cardiff CF1 1XL, Wales.

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Le Rouzic Z. , op. cit., 58, no. 15.

Atkinson R. J. C. , Stonehenge (London 1956); 2nd ed. with additions (Pelican, Harmondsworth, 1960).

Thom A. , Megalithic sites in Britain (Oxford, 1967), 160–3.

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