Bevins has been investigating Stonehenge for 15 years ... But discovering that Wales was unlikely to be the origin site for the Altar Stone was a game changer, Bevins said.

The largest of the "bluestones" that comprise the inner circle at Stonehenge is known as the Altar Stone. Like its neighbors ... in Mynydd Preseli in Wales—origin of most of the bluestones ...

Researchers now know the exact region in Scotland where Stonehenge's Altar Stone ... helped researchers narrow down the stone's true origin. "The Altar Stone was always grouped with the other ...

Such is the case with the origin story of the Altar Stone—one of the roughly 80-plus stones still on site in southern England. The stones of Stonehenge feature a variety of compositions and ...

One of the many archaeological mysteries at Britain’s Stonehenge ... The Altar Stone is the largest of the bluestone megaliths, and while previous research has ruled out Anglo-Welsh origin ...

Read the paper: A Scottish provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge But new geochemical analysis of the Altar Stone, a partially buried slab of sandstone at the centre of the stone circle ...

But Stonehenge’s building blocks themselves ... which was ultimately selected as the Altar Stone. A Scottish origin for the Altar Stone raises fascinating questions about prehistoric Britain ...

The altar stone is arguably the most ritually important ... pinpointing a northern Scottish/Orkney origin for Stonehenge’s central stone. They identified the stone’s mineralogical fingerprint ...