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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Nick Forbes

New theory could finally solve one of Stonehenge’s biggest mysteries

Stonehenge's altar stone may have travelled from north-east Scotland via glacier before reaching Salisbury Plain, a new study suggests.

The six-tonne sandstone monolith is believed to originate in the Orcadian Basin, northern Scotland, some 435 miles away, with its journey to Salisbury Plain a long-standing mystery.

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