A complete reckoning,
in one volume.
Hardback. 320 pages. Maps and photographs throughout. Published 2026.
Three threads, one argument.
The book follows the same three-thread structure you’ll find on this site — History, Mythology, Archaeoastronomy — but it is the longer, deeper, more carefully argued version. Each thread becomes a section of around a hundred pages, with footnotes, plates, and the working maps drawn at proper scale.
Where the site dips in by chapter, the book carries an argument all the way through: that the Long Man is best read as a composite figure, with elements of the prehistoric astronomical marker, the early-medieval boundary sign, and the late-medieval pilgrim figure all overlaid — and that this is why no single explanation has ever satisfied.
It’s a long argument, and the book takes its time. It is not a guide and it is not a coffee-table object: it is the working out, in one place, of two decades of returning to the same hill.
The edition.
The Long Man is best read as a composite figure — which is why no single explanation has ever quite satisfied.
Direct, or through booksellers.
The book is published independently. Pre-orders open in mid-2026 via this site — you’ll get a signed copy and the first numbered impression. After publication it will also be available through your local independent bookseller and the usual online retailers.
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