Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments Astronomically Considered
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY4. CHAPTER II THE ASTRONOMICAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR5. CHAPTER III THE AGRICULTURAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR6. CHAPTER IV THE VARIOUS NEW-YEAR DAYS7. CHAPTER V CONDITIONS AND TRADITIONS AT STONEHENGE8. CHAPTER VI GENERAL ARCHITECTURE OF STONEHENGE9. CHAPTER VII ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE IN 1901[11]10. CHAPTER VIII ARCHÆOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE, 190111. CHAPTER IX WAS THERE AN EARLIER CIRCLE?12. CHAPTER X THE MAY AND JUNE WORSHIPS IN BRITTANY13. CHAPTER XI ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS14. CHAPTER XII ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS—Continued.15. CHAPTER XIII STENNESS (Lat. 59° N.).16. CHAPTER XIV THE HURLERS (Lat. 50° 31′ N.)17. CHAPTER XV THE DARTMOOR AVENUES18. CHAPTER XVI THE DARTMOOR AVENUES (continued)19. CHAPTER XVII STANTON DREW (Lat. 51° 10′ N.)20. CHAPTER XVIII FOLKLORE AND TRADITION21. CHAPTER XIX SACRED FIRES22. CHAPTER XX SACRED TREES23. CHAPTER XXI HOLY WELLS AND STREAMS24. CHAPTER XXII WHERE DID THE BRITISH WORSHIP ORIGINATE?25. CHAPTER XXIII THE SIMILARITY OF THE SEMITIC AND BRITISH WORSHIPS26. CHAPTER XXIV THE MAY-YEAR IN SOUTH-WEST CORNWALL27. CHAPTER XXV THE MERRY MAIDENS CIRCLE (LAT. 50° 4′ N.)28. CHAPTER XXVI THE TREGASEAL CIRCLES (LAT. 50° 8′ 25″ N., LONG. 5° 39′ 25″ W.)29. CHAPTER XXVII SOME OTHER CORNISH MONUMENTS30. CHAPTER XXVIII THE CLOCK-STARS IN EGYPT AND BRITAIN.31. CHAPTER XXIX A SHORT HISTORY OF SUN TEMPLES32. CHAPTER XXX THE LIFE OF THE ASTRONOMER-PRIESTS33. APPENDICES34. INDEX35. Transcriber’s Notes