Aubrey Burl is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He has directed the excavation of several monuments, including two strange recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire. Formerly Principal Lecturer in Prehistory at Hull College of Higher Education, he now lives in Birmingham.

• Introduction; The origins of stone circles; Early stone circles: Late Neolithic Age, c.3650-2900 BC; The Megalithic Enclosures of Britanny; The Middle Period: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, c.2900-2200 BC; Late stone circles; Early to Middle Bronze Age, c.2200-1500 BC; Stonehenge: c. 3000-1500 BC; Current work on stone circles; Sites to visit; Further reading