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altar stone
Coverage of altar stone in the Nexus archive.
- Stonehenge breakthrough reveals surprising path behind ancient stone’s 450-mile trek
Researchers from Curtin University traced the 450-mile journey of Stonehenge's Altar Stone, revealing it was carried partway by glaciers during the Ice Age and then transported by prehistoric humans from northeast Scotland to Wiltshire. The study combined geological analysis and ice-sheet modeling to show glaciers moved the stone as far as Dogger Bank in the North Sea, with humans completing the 250-mile leg to the monument's site.
- Stonehenge's altar stone probably wasn't transported by a glacier
A glacier could have carried the giant sandstone at the center of Stonehenge from northeast Scotland, but this scenario is considered unlikely. The article discusses the transportation theory of Stonehenge's altar stone.