At long last, researchers have managed to track down the origins of a unique stone that is a significant part of Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in southwest England. The stone is the six-ton ...

Experts on the prehistoric site are abuzz over a new report stating that the Altar Stone — one of the most mysterious pieces of the monument, according to the Washington Post — may have been ...

A new study has revealed that Stonehenge’s six-tonne altar stone came from even further afield than archaeologists thought. Neolithic people somehow moved the enormous stone roughly 750km from ...

Mr Clarke, a PhD student within Curtin’s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said the discovery holds ‘signifance’ for him as he grew up in the Mynydd Preseli, Wales, where some of Stonehenge’s ...

A mineral analysis found that the stone likely originated from 435 miles (700 kilometers) away in current-day northeast Scotland, rather than Wales, overturning a century-old theory.

They suggested declassifying the Altar Stone as a bluestone and decided to broaden their research into northern Britain. Bevins and two of his 2023 co-authors are also authors on this latest study.

United Kingdom Stonehenge’s ‘altar stone’ originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows The 16-foot stone was brought to its site from northeast Scotland, over 460 miles away ...

The journey from northeast Scotland, where a study placed the Altar Stone’s origin just a few short weeks ago, would have been virtually impossible back in Neolithic times – let alone while ...

SCIENCE SHORTS Stonehenge’s Mysterious Altar Stone Is…Scottish Shocking find suggests ancient Britons were a more cohesive society than previously believed ...

A geological study of the Altar Stone shows it likely came from Orcadian Basin, Scotland, at least 466 miles from Stonehenge, researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

A geological study of the Altar Stone shows it likely came from Orcadian Basin, Scotland, at least 466 miles from Stonehenge, researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.