Megaliths
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what we know about ancient stones placed in the landscape.
In Our Time · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss megaliths - huge stones placed in the landscape, often visually striking and highly prominent.
Such stone monuments in Britain and Ireland mostly date from the Neolithic period, and the most ancient are up to 6,000 years old. In recent decades, scientific advances have enabled archaeologists to learn a large amount about megalithic structures and the people who built them, but much about these stones remains unknown and mysterious.
With
Vicki Cummings Professor of Neolithic Archaeology at the University of Central Lancashire
Julian Thomas Professor of Archaeology at the University of Manchester
and
Susan Greaney Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Exeter.