"If any one had said to me about a year ago that Stonehenge was meant to be deliberately flooded then I would have thought that they were crazy. However, having built an actual reconstruction of the first phase of Stonehenge, I now realise that Talboys’ ideas are more than just a theory (see my article http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/hill321/). These henges can flood, and they can remain flooded for quite some time. The fact that Stonehenge may have been deliberately flooded (for cosmological reasons) from time to time is a serious proposal and I would recommend Talboys’ The Stonehenge Observatory to anyone interested in understanding the many different functions that can be ascribed to this monument’s purpose. Moreover, Talboys’ style of writing is not heavy, and he reminds us all not to accept all those other “expert” opinions about Stonehenge at face value. I would recommend this book to those readers seeking a wider appreciation of the potential functions behind Stonehenge’s complex architectural design".

The Stonehenge Observatory.

238 Pages
27 Photographs
44 Illustrations
Fully indexed and cross-referenced