Mysterious Britain

Mysterious Britain examines the ancient monuments, landscape traditions and unexplained reports associated with Britain and Ireland. Janet and Colin Bord discuss standing stones, stone circles, henges, burial mounds, hillforts, archaic crosses and carved stones, alongside questions about the purpose and placement of these sites. Leys and possible alignments receive particular attention, as do the ways later communities interpreted older sacred places.

The book also brings together folklore and reported mysteries linked to the landscape, including fertility stones, enchanted wells, dragons, giants, fairies, witches, secret passages and hauntings. UFO sightings and other anomalous occurrences extend the scope beyond prehistoric remains, presenting Britain as a setting where archaeology, legend, local tradition and paranormal claims frequently overlap.