The stone at the focus of this study has traditionally been grouped with these other, smaller bluestones. However, the true origin of the Altar Stone had remained a mystery, until now. After work ...

The structure’s central, 13,200-pound Altar Stone, meanwhile, likely traveled not from Wales, but rather remote Scotland, more than 400 miles away. Based on these findings, archaeologists have ...

Geological analyses revealed that the Altar Stone, a central piece of the monument weighing over six tons, originated from northeastern Scotland, ruling out previous theories that it came from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ancient ritual meaning of Stonehenge is still a mystery, but researchers are one step closer to understanding how the famous stone circle was created. The unique stone ...

The Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge, long believed to have been hauled to southwest England from Wales, was actually transported more than 450 miles from northeastern Scotland, a team of ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed that Stonehenge’s central sandstone slab — long called the “altar stone" — came from much closer Wales. But a study last year by some of ...

The quest for the origins of Stonehenge's six-tonne Altar Stone continues as new research has found it did not come from mainland Orkney. Last month it was revealed the iconic stone came from ...