A concise history of the worlds greatest stone circle Stonehenge by Britains leading expert Every aspect of Stonehenge is reconsidered in Aubrey Burls new analysis He explains for the first time how the outlying Heel Stone long predates Stonehenge itself serving as a trackway marker in the prehistoric Harroway He uncovers new evidence that the Welsh bluestones were brought to Stonehenge by glaciation rather than by man And he reveals just how far the design of Stonehenge was influenced by Breton styles and by Breton cults of the deadMeticulously research sets the record straight on the matter of Stonehenges astronomical alignments Although the existence of a sightline to the midsummer sunrise is well known the alignment and the viewingposition are different from popular belief And the existence of an earlier alignment to the moon and a later one to the midwinter sunset has been largely unrealisedOne puzzle remains The site of Stonehenge lies at the heart of a vast sixmile wide graveyard but before it was built there appears to have been a mysterious gap two miles across on that site Burl argues that earlier totempole style constructions served a ceremonial purpose for the living to celebrate success in the hunt