Stonehenge’s Altar Stone Still Has No Home, Geologists Say

Nov 5, 2026 - 18:15
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Stonehenge’s Altar Stone Still Has No Home, Geologists Say
The Altar Stone lies flat on the ground, sunk into the grass beneath the collapsed upright of the Great Trilithon and its lintel. Image credit: Nick Pearce, Aberystwyth University.

A new analysis by University of South Wales Professor Duncan Pirrie and his colleagues undercuts the leading theory that the 6-ton slab of sandstone came from northeastern Scotland, though the geologists stop short of ruling it out entirely.

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