suggesting a Scottish origin. “This discovery rewrites what we know about Stonehenge,” said Anthony Clarke, lead author and PhD student at Curtin University. “It raises fascinating questions ...

Kirkland and his fellow researchers examined three ways the altar stone could have traveled from Scotland to Stonehenge. The ...

The Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge, long believed to have been hauled to southwest England from Wales, was actually transported more than 450 miles from northeastern Scotland, a team of ...

This included the Scottish origin of the six-tonne Altar Stone and later confirmed that all stones featured in Stonehenge were brought to Salisbury Plain from far away. This long journey ...

“The similarities in architecture and material culture between the Stonehenge area and northern Scotland now make more sense. It [has] helped to solve the puzzle of why these distant places had ...

The six-tonne Altar Stone at the heart of Stonehenge came from the far north of Scotland rather than south-west Wales as previously thought, new analysis has found. The discovery shows the ...

Beyond the main attraction of Stonehenge, Wiltshire has equally impressive ancient sites, giant chalk horses and cosy pubs in historic villages.

would find their ultimate expression at Stonehenge. Why Orkney of all places? How did this scatter of islands off the northern tip of Scotland come to be such a technological, cultural ...

Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous monuments. It stands on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, and its giant stones can be seen from miles around. It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge ...

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