What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I am a librarian, and I am helping a patron search for a book. He saw it at an estate sale, looked at it, put it down, went back for it, and it was gone. Here is the information he's given me:

According to the patron, the book is "intended to help people wishing to find and visit medieval and later historical locations in the UK."

He also said, "The book contains, in addition to descriptions of the sites, set in the text, color prints of UK Ordinance Survey Map sections that cover the area surrounding the site. There are also diagrammatic maps and site plans for each site."

Do not have title, author's name, or publisher. Thinks it's published by a UK company. Might be a hardback.

Any ideas?

Maybe A Guide to Medieval Sites in Britain..

Cover image:



Did he have any sense of how old the book was? Can he describe the cover?

Could be The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites by Julian Cope.

The same Julian Cope who was lead singer of The Teardrop Explodes...

Actually, that's pre-medieval. But it is by Julian Cope.

Probably a long shot but The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimor?

Thanks for the responses! The patron couldn't find the exact book, but he did wind up ordering the Kerr book and a few others he found on Amazon. Rob-that Julian Cope book looks pretty interesting, especially given his day job. I may check it out!