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If you've ever visited one of the many prehistoric stone circles that dot the landscape of Britain and Ireland, you've probably come away with lots of questions. How were they built? When were they built? Why were they built? And what on earth were they for? In this 'everything you want to know' episode, we've got the answers \u2013 or at least some of them \u2013 for you, as Professor Vicki Cummings delves into the history of prehistoric stone circles with David Musgrove.\n\n(Ad) Vicki Cummings is co-author of Stone Circles: A Field Guide (Yale University Press, 2024). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Circles-Field-Guide/dp/0300235984/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty.\n\nListen to our episode with Mike Pitts on Britain\u2019s most famous prehistoric monument, Stonehenge, here:https://link.chtbl.com/iAT9Pelw. \n\nThe HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices