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Scientists solved mysterious origin of #Stonehenge’s #AltarStone: #Scotland
“Our analysis found specific mineral grains in the Altar Stone are mostly between 1,000 to 2,000 million years old, while other minerals are around 450 million years old,” said co-author Anthony Clarke. “This provides a distinct chemical fingerprint suggesting the stone came from rocks in the Orcadian Basin, Scotland, at least 750 kilometers [450 miles] away from Stonehenge."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/study-stonehenges-central-altar-stone-actually-hails-from-scotland/

Are you into #neolithic #mysteries too? Very cool #discovery that #Stonehenge’s so-called massive #AltarStone came from what is now Scotland. How did they transport it there?

https://theconversation.com/stonehenges-giant-altar-stone-came-all-the-way-from-north-east-scotland-heres-how-we-worked-out-this-astonishing-new-finding-236630

Och! It's Scottish! 😲😉

A new geochemical analysis of #Stonehenge 's central #AltarStone apparently suggests it's origin in the #OrcadianBasin in #Scotland - over 700 kilometres away.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02651-8 via @nature

100-year-old origin theory of Stonehenge's iconic Altar Stone could be wrong, scientists say
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/100-year-old-origin-theory-of-stonehenge-s-iconic-altar-stone-could-be-wrong-scientists-say/ar-AA1hD0k0?ei=19

#Archeology
#Stonehenge
#AltarStone
#Bluestones
#PreseliHills
#Wales
#Sarsens
#Scotland
#NorthernEngland
#JournalOfArchaeologicalScience
#Barium
#Antiquity

100-year-old origin theory of Stonehenge's iconic Altar Stone could be wrong, scientists say
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/100-year-old-origin-theory-of-stonehenge-s-iconic-altar-stone-could-be-wrong-scientists-say/ar-AA1hD0k0?ei=19

#Archeology
#Stonehenge
#AltarStone
#Bluestones
#PreseliHills
#Wales
#Sarsens
#Scotland
#NorthernEngland
#JournalOfArchaeologicalScience
#Barium
#Antiquity

100-year-old origin theory of Stonehenge's iconic Altar Stone could be wrong, scientists say
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/100-year-old-origin-theory-of-stonehenge-s-iconic-altar-stone-could-be-wrong-scientists-say/ar-AA1hD0k0?ei=19

#Archeology
#Stonehenge
#AltarStone
#Bluestones
#PreseliHills
#Wales
#Sarsens
#Scotland
#NorthernEngland
#JournalOfArchaeologicalScience
#Barium
#Antiquity

100-year-old origin theory of Stonehenge's iconic Altar Stone could be wrong, scientists say
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/100-year-old-origin-theory-of-stonehenge-s-iconic-altar-stone-could-be-wrong-scientists-say/ar-AA1hD0k0?ei=19

#Archeology
#Stonehenge
#AltarStone
#Bluestones
#PreseliHills
#Wales
#Sarsens
#Scotland
#NorthernEngland
#JournalOfArchaeologicalScience
#Barium
#Antiquity