Stonehenge and Timber Circles

Praised by The Archaeologist as "a very readable and stimulating review," the author’s ground-breaking study of 1998 is brought up-to-date in the light of the latest archaeological evidence. The author shows how Stonehenge can help us to understand the Neolithic and Bronze Age timber circles of Britain and Ireland, and how these timber circles aid our understanding of Stonehenge. He attempts their reconstruction, discusses their possible usages and functions, and describes how rituals may have changed through time. The relationship of timber circles with henges and stone circles is also explored.

Alex Gibson has specialised in the study of ceramics for over 40 years and has published books and specialist reports on the topic. He has been Chairman of the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group and President of the Prehistoric Society and was the winner of the 2022 British Academy Grahame Clark medal for Prehistoric Archaeology. He lectured in Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeology at Bradford until his retirement in 2018