Wednesday, 10 June 2026

The Altar Stone — interactive 3D model

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Stand alone webpage which works much better - https://icy-flower-e5bb.tim-daw.workers.dev/ - opens in new window. Built with Claude Fabl...
Tuesday, 9 June 2026

Rediscovered Stonehenge Aberdeen Monolith Link

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Abstract In 2024 the central Altar Stone of Stonehenge (Stone 80) was shown to be Old Red Sandstone from the Orcadian Basin of north-east Sc...
Monday, 8 June 2026

Tumuli Wiltunenses : a guide to the barrows on the plains of Stonehenge by Sir Richard Colt Hoare

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  Source:   https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.a0003777299 from the HathiTrust
Sunday, 7 June 2026

The Absence of Altar Stone Fragments in the Aubrey Holes at Stonehenge: Statistical Rarity or Evidence of a Late Arrival?

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  The Aubrey Hole Excavations The Question Why are there no identifiable fragments of the Altar Stone (Stone 80, a micaceous Old Red Sandst...
Saturday, 6 June 2026

Stonehenge Rocks: Exotic But Not Erratic

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This week the Altar Stone is back in the news. A new paper in the Journal of Quaternary Science (Clarke et al. , 4 June 2026, “From Highlan...
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Thursday, 4 June 2026

From Highlands to Henge – No Glaciers Needed

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The new Clarke et al. (2026)* paper in the Journal of Quaternary Science refines the Altar Stone’s likely source to Caithness in northeast ...

First Look at Clarke et al. (2026) – From Highlands to Henge

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A refined provenancing study with a new statistical “best match”, but it still feels like identifying one possible needle in a very large an...