Stonehenge's altar stone was quarried over 4,600 years ago, far from the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. But experts now know where it originated.

A Mystery of Stonehenge May Finally Have Been Solved, but It Raises New Questions, Researchers Say The new findings suggest that the “Altar Stone" at the center of the mysterious monument didn't ...

The so-called “cold moon” above Stonehenge on Dec. 15, 2024. Josh Dury / SWNS. The Altar Stone is similar to other large stones of relative size and placement found among stone circles in ...

But Stonehenge includes other elements, such as 56 pits arranged in a circle, an earthwork bank and ditch, and other smaller features such as the four station stones.

Stonehenge’s Massive Central Stone May Have Been Shipped From Hundreds of Miles Away Researchers think they’ve solved the mystery of the monument’s Altar Stone, which could have traveled all ...