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The Puddingstone Track: Deconstructed
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CONTENTS
The Birth and Growth of a Theory
About Dr. Rudge, and about puddingstone
Along the Track: county by county (preface)
The Age and Purpose of the Track
The Track in Context: the fading myth of the long-distance trackway 1. The Track or the Way? 2. The Icknield Way 3. The Ridgeway 4. The Jurassic Way 5. The North Downs Way and Pilgrims' Way 6. The Harroway 7. The South Downs Way 8. Back to the Track
Unconvincing Evidence: the 'pagan' stones 1. The churches, the puddingstones and the Track. 2. The letters of Pope Gregory. 3. Shrines and idols. 4. A pragmatic view
Issues of Geology and Topography 1. Random distribution 2. The Reading Beds and the proto-Thames 3. The Topography of the Track
The Flawed Search for Puddingstone 1. A Painstaking Search? 2. A Confusion of Stones 3. A Matter of Choice
Puddingstones That Aren't, and other failings 1. "One kind of stone only" 2. Point and Counterpoint 3. End of the Road
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