Foreword
Stonehenge rocks! This is the catch-phrase printed on the latest range of merchandise available at Europe's most famous prehistoric monument. And it certainly does, with streams of visitors ambling around the perimeter path gazing at the jumbled stones inside and continuing an age-old fascination with megaliths. Beyond Stonehenge there are literally thousands of other stone monuments of the Neolithic and Bronze Age awaiting attention.

So Much We Have Forgotten
Have you ever wondered why a 5,000-year-old standing stone can rise proud of the landscape when buildings more recent than the Romans may have sunk six feet into the ground? Or why so many stone circles had nineteen stones? Chances are that you either already know the answers, or you never knew the questions were there to be asked. Whichever applies, whether you are an avid explorer of Britain's prehistoric monuments or simply enjoy the occasional visit to mysterious sites encountered on your travels, most readers will share a wonder and a fascination for the tantalizing remains of our ancestors' seemingly alien lives.