Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may have had Scottish and not Welsh origins, researchers say. The finding suggests that Late Neolithic groups had long-distance connections, Bruce Bower reported in “Stonehenge’s roots extend to Scotland” (SN: 9/7/24 & 9/21/24, p. 10).
Reader Ralph Bradburd wondered if a glacier, not humans, could have at least partly transported the Altar Stone from Scotland to southern England, where Stonehenge is located.
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