Our results are now published in the journal Nature—and it looks like the Altar Stone came from Scotland. The DNA of rocks. At midsummer dawn, the Altar Stone is set ablaze with sunlight.

Stonehenge Altar Stone mystery deepens as research reveals it’s not from Orkney - Weeks after revelation that megalith came from Northern Scotland, researchers make surprise discovery ...

Last month it was revealed the iconic stone came from north-east Scotland and not Wales, like the monument's bluestones do. Orkney has its famous Neolithic sites with standing stones, like the ...

Researchers do not know when the Altar Stone arrived at Stonehenge. Construction began around 5,000 years ago ( SN: 5/29/08 ). Initially serving as a cemetery, changes and additions to the site ...

But the altar and the courtyard around it aren’t even remotely Maya-looking; their architecture and decoration look like they belong 1,000 kilometers to the west in the city of Teotihuacan, in ...

Last month it was revealed the iconic stone came from north-east Scotland and not Wales, like the monument's bluestones do. Orkney has its famous Neolithic sites with standing stones, like the ...

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. ... like the monument's bluestones do.