As the quest to find the origins of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone heats up, researchers rule out one Scottish site that appeared ...

Stonehenge's iconic Altar Stone did not come from Orkney - but elsewhere in north-eastern Scotland, scientists say. The new ...

The mysterious origins of Stonehenge ’s Altar Stone has deepened as new research has found it did not come from Orkney. Last ...

Among the many megaliths of Stonehenge, one large slab stands ... are high in barium and are of non-marine origin, which both match the Altar Stone. Imagining how such a huge slab made it all ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed that Stonehenge’s central sandstone slab — long called the “altar stone" — ...

Stonehenge is among the most iconic locations in England, but it may have a wee bit of Scottish ancestry. Previous analysis of the rocks that comprise Stonehenge indicate they had been sourced from ...

In August, a study claimed an altar stone from Stonehenge had been transported from the Orkney Islands. A new study rejects ...

Scientists’ search for the source of Stonehenge’s iconic Altar Stone has intensified, with a new paper ruling out Orkney as ...

The stone's origin could be anywhere between "Orkney ... geologists have shifted the search for the origins of Stonehenge's central Altar Stone to Scotland after recent research redirected the ...

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 lying flat at the center ...

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 ...