The Newall Boulder Excavation Report

With the publication of the definitive report on what is known as the "Newall Boulder" - Bevins et al (2025) - and the subsequent publicity as the Glacial Transport theory is given its coup de grâce, I thought it worthwhile revisiting an earlier post of mine from 2022. https://www.sarsen.org/2022/06/an-erratic-source.html

This identified the excavation report, and what appears to be a photo of it in situ. 

In Hawley's 6th Report Jan 1926 Vol V1 No.1 The Antiquaries Journal which is of his 1924 excavations he describes finding a foreign stone and also a photo of the excavation.

I think the stone pictured in the middle of the very left hand side of the excavations around stone 8, judging by the scale, is about the right depth and size to be the foreign stone he mentions. This provides the original context for the stone.  (Click to embiggen)

Kellaway's description seems to match it very well:

Reference: Bevins, R.E. et al (2025) (The enigmatic ‘Newall boulder’ excavated at Stonehenge in 1924: new data and correcting the record
(Richard E. Bevins, Nick J.G. Pearce, Rob A. Ixer, James Scourse, Tim Daw, Mike Parker Pearson, Mike Pitts, David Field, Duncan Pirrie, Ian Saunders, Matthew Power)
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 66, 2025, 105303, ISSN 2352-409X,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105303.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X25003360)