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Stonehenge's 'altar stone' originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows


Researchers are one step closer to understanding how Stonehenge was created. A new study shows the unique stone lying flat at the center of Stonehenge originally came from a sandstone quarry near the tip of northeast Scotland.

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