The Altar Stone is one of the most enigmatic rocks at Stonehenge, and is generally grouped with the bluestones. Despite its name (suggested as its use by the architect Inigo Jones in 1620), its ...

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 ...

Two environmental activists have been charged over the spraying of orange paint powder at the Stonehenge monuments in ...

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 ...

These were just the romantic (lurid) names that the early ... from Wales and visited Stonehenge as a child, led the search ...

They had Stone Age technology ... Sheep graze among the Stones of Stenness, which may have been a model for Stonehenge. In 1814 a farmer tried to remove the ancient stones so he could more ...

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 ...

But, if you're open to seeking communion with millennia of human ancestors, then Stonehenge offers an awesome sense of perspective. The main stone circle has existed in southern England for ...

It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge. The only tools the builders had were made of stone, wood and rope! Only a few stones are left standing today. More than 4,000 years ago a small ring of ...