Pastoral peculiars : curiosities in the countryside / Peter Ashley
2005, First Edition. Swindon : English Heritage. Near fine paperback copy; faint scuffs to rear wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #457330
ISBN: 1850749604
Physical description: 119 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 117) and index. Contents: Preface / by Richard Mabey -- Introduction -- Ancient stones, lost ideas -- Certain markers, enduring pointers -- Hillside drawings, landscape figures -- Private crimes, public punishments -- Intriguing crossings, fancy notions -- Towering columns, eminent towers -- Puzzling follies, prodigious expenses -- Elevated water, industrial fields -- Purposeful buildings, hidden pasts -- Forgotten parishes, lonely hymns -- Railway ghosts, tunnelling winds -- Grounded craft, rusting wheels -- Curious signs, latent lanes. Subjects: Landscapes - England - Guidebooks. Historic buildings - England. Follies (Architecture) - England. Country life - England - History - 20th century. Megalithic monuments - England.
Price: €9.95