Among the many megaliths of Stonehenge, one large slab stands out… or, more accurately, it lies down.
Their arrival in the south of England is considered one of the longest construction transport distances for any ancient monument in the world – and that's part of what makes Stonehenge so impressive.
"One of the key characteristics of the Altar Stone is its unusually high barium content,"the international team of researchers responsible for the study. "It now seems ever more likely that the Altar Stone was not derived from the ORS of the Anglo-Welsh Basin, and therefore it is time to broaden our horizons, both geographically and stratigraphically into northern Britain and also to consider continental sandstones of a younger age,"the authors of the study, which was led by the earth scientist Richard Bevins from Aberystwyth University in the UK.
As a result, Bevins and his colleagues suggest that a hunt for the Altar Stone's origins should begin in younger rock formations, like those laid down in the Permian or Triassic around 200 to 300 million years ago.
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