Stonehenge Altar Stone may have traveled from Scotland via glacier
Researchers propose that Stonehenge's six-tonne Altar Stone moved from northeast Scotland to Dogger Bank by glaciers before humans carried it to Salisbury Plain.
Glacial transport theory proposed
A team from Sheffield Hallam University and Curtin University analyzed ancient ice movement patterns. They found that glaciers during the last ice age could have moved the rock across the North Sea. This process would have deposited the stone on Dogger Bank before human intervention.
Human transport required later
People would still need to move the megalith hundreds of kilometers from that location. The final destination was Salisbury Plain where the monument now stands. This multistage journey suggests remarkable organization by prehistoric groups.
Stone origin confirmed distant
The central Altar Stone is a six-tonne sandstone megalith sourced from northeast Scotland. Its distance of roughly 700 km raises questions about how such an enormous stone traveled so far. Mineral grain dating combined with computer models helped reconstruct the possible route.
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