- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Logaston Press; First edition (22 Oct 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0951024272
- ISBN-13: 978-0951024270
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.6 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 728,517 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Antiquarian,photographer,inventor,& very much a herefordianr,
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This review is from: Alfred Watkins: A Herefordshire Man (Paperback)
t chronicles the life of the author of The Old Straight Track, the book which gave birth to ley lines. But Watkins had varied interestshis family ran the Hereford Brewery, he invented the first exposure meter, became a successful archaeologist, was a fan of steam cars, bee-keeping and Free Trade. The book includes 80 photographs, many of them taken from Watkinsı original glass plate negatives stored in Herefordıs city library.
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Watkins is an under-rated figure...,
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This review is from: Alfred Watkins: A Herefordshire Man (Paperback)
Watkins is under-rated, mainly because he devised a new idea which academics hated, though they weren't very successful in opposing him.He invented the idea of 'leys', *not* 'ley lines'. The idea was that lines of sight were important; in times before maps, roads, and big towns, not to mention sat navs and signposts. He invented the engaging idea that trading routes had to go long distances, and of course it was important not to get lost en route - not an easy trick when paper and ink, tarmac, road rollers, stone moving equipment, and weedkillers barely existed. Stone markers in lines, the 'gwlch' - a scooped-away path visible on the horizon - beacons, burial and other mounds - including Silbury Hill - and generally things exploiting the straight line aspect of light were in his view arranged and designed as early straight-line tracks. I suspect much of this was thought up by Watkins as he travelled around Wales selling and promoting some of his business ideas. (He was - inter alia - an early photographer and patented his own exposure meter). His ideas led to enthusiasts with maps and rulers trying to find networks of lines in a probably unrealistic fashion. Probably more attention will be devoted to him in time - not many people can invent a new way to picture the world. I think he may have influenced Belloc, who also wrote on trackways, mainly to do with pilgrims' routes. I suspect Tolkien had some knowledge of his books, too ' 'the road goes ever ever on'. This biography however, though affectionate, is a bit short. It isn't very detailed, but so far as I know is the only one available as a mass-market book.
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