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 had a hard Scottish heart, a new study suggests. The ancient site’s central stone, a large slab known as the Altar Stone, consists of rock transported at least 750 kilometers from ...

Stonehenge, a Neolithic monument, is pictured in Wiltshire, England. Research has uncovered new insights into the provenance of the Altar Stone, one of the megaliths that form the monument.

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 ...

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.

One of the many archaeological mysteries at Britain’s Stonehenge has been solved. The site’s six-ton Altar Stone hails from over 400 miles north in Scotland, not from Wales or other closer ...

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 centre of solstice activities at Stonehenge is the Altar Stone – a large sandstone slab of uncertain origins. Our new work has found a match for it all the way in Scotland.

The Altar Stone has always been a spooky outlier, unique in its composition and its placement, and one of the most analyzed pieces of stone ever, a kind of moon rock for the archaeologist set. You ...

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.