WASHINGTON (AP) — The ancient ritual meaning of Stonehenge is still a mystery, but researchers are one step closer to understanding how the famous stone circle was created. The unique stone ...

Over the years, the Altar Stone has been overshadowed by the more prominent features of Stonehenge, such as the towering sarsens and the enigmatic bluestones. However, its story is no less compelling.

Now researchers have suggested that the stone circle at Stonehenge, built during this period, may have been designed to unite early farming communities across Britain in response to the influx of ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed that Stonehenge’s central sandstone slab — long called the “altar stone" — came from much closer Wales. But a study last year by some of ...

The Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge, long believed to have been hauled to southwest England from Wales, was actually transported more than 450 miles from northeastern Scotland, a team of ...

It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge. The only tools the builders had were made of stone, wood and rope! Only a few stones are left standing today. The first task was to cut the boulders into ...

Stones from Pembrokeshire used in the construction of Stonehenge may have been transported ... they were "originally set up as one or more stone circles in Preseli." Prof Pollard went on to ...

The six-tonne Altar Stone at the heart of Stonehenge came from the far north of Scotland rather than south-west Wales as previously thought, new analysis has found. The discovery shows the ...

Question: On the Stonehenge raising, they used a weighted tip to tilt the main riser stone into the hole. Why not just have the stone dragged up an Earth ramp with wood rails to a pivot point of ...

It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge. The only tools the builders had were made of stone, wood and rope! Only a few stones are left standing today. More than 4,000 years ago a small ring of ...

This included the Scottish origin of the six-tonne Altar Stone and later confirmed that all stones featured in Stonehenge were brought to Salisbury Plain from far away. This long journey ...