On this Holy Island : a modern pilgrimage across Britain
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of the Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the twenty-first century, On This Holy Island is an epic adventure across Sacred British landscapes. We follow Oliver Smith as he climbs into remote sea caves, sleeps inside Neolithic tombs, scales forgotten holy mountains, and once even maroons himself at sea. Following holy roads to churches, cathedrals, and standing stones, this evocative and enlightening travelogue explores places prehistoric, pagan and Christian. Smith also reveals how football stadiums and music festivals have become contemporary places of pilgrimage.-- from dust jacket.