The Origins of Stonehenge's Altar Stone – SAPIENS
WEB18 hours ago · With its origin in the Orcadian Basin, the Altar Stone has traveled a remarkably long way—a straight-line distance of at least 700 kilometers. This is the longest-known journey for any stone used in a Neolithic monument. Our analyses cannot answer how the Altar Stone got to Stonehenge.
Stonehenge’s mysterious Altar Stone had roots in Scotland - Science News
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Stonehenge’s mysterious Altar Stone had roots in Scotland. An analysis of the stone's minerals rules out a Wales origin, as originally suspected. Researchers have traced a large stone that...
Century-old theory of where Stonehenge’s Altar Stone came …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · The iconic Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge in southern England was likely moved over hundreds of miles nearly 5,000 years ago, according to new research.
New research reveals Stonehenge’s ‘altar stone’ originally ... - PBS
WEBAug 14, 2024 · For more than a hundred years, scientists believed that Stonehenge’s central sandstone slab — long called the “altar stone” — came from much closer Wales.
The search for the origin of Stonehenge’s mysterious Altar Stone ...
WEBSep 13, 2024 · As the quest to find the origins of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone heats up, researchers rule out one Scottish site that appeared to have a direct link to the monument.
Stonehenge’s Altar Stone came from Scotland, study finds - NPR
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Researchers say they’ve tracked down the origins of Stonehenge’s so-called “Altar Stone,” the monolith at the center of one of the world’s most mysterious monuments.
Scientists solved mysterious origin of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Scientists previously thought that its unusual lithology meant it likely came from the old red sandstone of west Wales, near where most of the bluestones at Stonehenge have been...
A Scottish origin for Stonehenge's Altar Stone - Nature
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Geologists have found the provenance for Stonehenge's central Altar Stone, in the Orcadian Basin in Scotland. Stonehenge, the Neolithic stone circle on Salisbury Plain in southern...
The mysterious origin of Stonehenge’s altar stone might have …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · After more than a century of searching, researchers may be closing in on the source of the altar stone that lies in the center of Stonehenge. The age and chemistry of minerals that make up...
A Scottish provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Mineral ages and chemical analysis of fragments of the Altar Stone from the Neolithic stone circle at Stonehenge suggest that it was transported from northeast Scotland, more than 750 km...