about 230 km from Stonehenge. However, not all the large boulders share a common origin. For many years, it was believed that the large, flat boulder placed inside the blue stones, known as the ...

"Not many people know that Stonehenge was Britain's largest burial ground at that time," he said. "Maybe the blue stone circle is where people were cremated before their ashes were buried at ...

Two ancient stone circles have emerged from the grassy wilds of Dartmoor, offering a clearer picture of life 5,000 years ago.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Stonehenge gets some well-deserved attention when it comes to British archeology. Between its age, altar stone’s epic journey ...

Archaeologists have long believed that Stonehenge began to take on its modern form two centuries later, when large stones were brought to the site in the third and final stage of its construction.

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 ...

Doctors were left baffled after they discovered six massive stones inside a patient's bladder - which people have compared to the UK landmark Stonehenge. The strange formation showed five of the ...

The researchers therefore hypothesize that Stonehenge was an effort to bring together far-flung communities on the island, by building with the most magnificent rocks from each. The Altar Stone ...

Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous monuments. It stands on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, and its giant stones can be seen from miles around. It took a huge effort to build Stonehenge.