I first found this book while browsing the shelves at the South Lake, TX, public library. It's a very difficult book, very, very detailed.
I have ordered a remaindered copy through a reseller through Amazon. It will arrive in a few days.
[Update: it arrived very, very quickly. Brand new book: $3.15. Shipping: $3.99.]
An encyclopedic book.
Eleven-page glossary.
Preface.
Chronology.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Long Barrows -- a very, very long chapter
Chapter 3: Cursus and Enclosure
Chapter 4: Stars in Chalk
Chapter 5: Sun and Moon -- a very, very short chapter
Chapter 6: Avenue and Row
Chapter 7: Treehenge and Aubrey Circle -- a long chapter
Chapter 8: The Great Treehenges
Chapter 9: Stonehenge Astronomy -- A Historical Prologue
Chapter 10: Stonehenge -- An Inventory
Chapter 11: The First Three Stonehenges -- another very long chapter
Chapter 12: Lozenge and Calendar
Chapter 13: Ritual and Belief
Appendix 1: Radiocarbon Dating
Appendix 2: The Astronomical Framework
Appendix 3: Tables of Directions
Appendix 4: Heliacal Rising and Setting
Appendix 5: The Rising and Setting of Venus
Appendix 6: Alignment in Later Religions
Bibliography: 12 pages
Index: 13 pages
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