Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Neolithic People May Have Hauled Stonehenge’s Giant Altar Stone across Britain


Neolithic people, not glaciers, moved the Altar Stone -- the six-ton central sandstone megalith at Stonehenge -- from northeast Scotland to Salisbury Plain, according to a new study led by archaeologists from Curtin University and Sheffield Hallam University.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Sci-News

Read more on:

Photo of Britain

Britain

Photo of Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Photo of Neolithic people

Neolithic people

Related news:

News photo

Giant Scorpions Ruled Ancient Britain during Devonian Period

News photo

Stonehenge's altar stone probably wasn't transported by a glacier

News photo

Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Artificial Island Older Than Stonehenge in Scotland