Origin of Stonehenge’s altar remains enigma as north-east Scotland theory ruled out
The Guardian · Steven Morris ·
Geologists say they are getting closer to solving mystery as tests suggest stone may have come from elsewhere in Scotland, northern England or even Ireland
They spent countless hours on weather-battered Scottish hills, a hardy band of geologists searching for the origin of one of Stonehenge’s most intriguing features.
But the prehistoric monument tends to yield its secrets reluctantly, and a new scientific report reveals that the origin of Stonehenge’s altar stone remains elusive – and the wind-whipped geologists may very well have been looking in the wrong spot anyway.
One described the altar stone’s beginnings as an “enigma”, another a geological detective story with no neat ending so far.
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