{"product_id":"the-old-straight-track","title":"Watkins: The Old Straight Track: Its Mounds, Beacons, Moats, Sites and Mark Stones [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautiful new edition of a classic work of landscape history, in which Alfred Watkins introduced the idea of ancient 'ley lines' criss-crossing the English countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1925, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Straight Track\u003c\/i\u003e described the author's theory of 'ley lines', pre-Roman pathways consisting of aligned stone circles and prehistoric mounds, used by our Neolithic ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatkins's ideas have intrigued and inspired generations of readers - from historians to hill walkers, and from amateur archaeologists to new-age occultists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Old Straight Track\u003c\/i\u003e, with a substantial introduction by Robert Macfarlane, will appeal to all who treasure the history, contours and mystery of Britain's ancient landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Watkins, Alfred \u0026 Macfarlane, Robert","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42502799524025,"sku":"9781800249523","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/watkins-alfred-macfarlane-robert-watkins-the-old-straight-track-its-mounds-beacons-moats-sites-and-mark-stones-2021-paperback-9781800249523-1159270167.jpg?v=1745697443","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-old-straight-track","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}