In this enthralling and innovative account, urban prehistorian Kenny Brophy selects a delectable array of cairns, barrows, mounds and stone circles and rituals located in our cities. He details how their meanings, forms and uses dramatically shift over centuries. Whether marooned ancient relics, relocated monoliths or modern replicas, Brophy compellingly argues that they are not merely unfathomable artefacts irredeemably marooned in the past. Instead, suffused with mythic imaginaries, they are potent constituents in contemporary urban life, replete with therapeutic potential and integral to place identity.

Timothy Edensor, Professor of Social and Cultural Geography, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Kenny Brophy is an excellent storyteller. This book was a joy to read from start to end: honest, enthusiastic and insightful. It left me with a desire to go exploring the urban prehistory of my own city, where prehistoric sites' importance is not really about their 'pastness', but, to paraphrase Kenny, their 'now-ness is key'.

Astrid J. Nyland, Professor, Museum of Archaeology, University of Stavanger, Norway

Ancient monuments endure and emerge in strange, unexpected places. Brophy's book is an entertaining and insightful guide to the peculiarities of these prehistoric palimpsests, opening up new ways of pondering and navigating the deep past in the present.

Gabriel Moshenska, Professor of Public Archaeology, UCL Institute of Archaeology, UK