# Fifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two…

> Most likely: Fifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two came from elsewhere.

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# Fifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two…

Fifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two came from elsewhere.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The core from Stone 58 and the 49 stones chemically like it match West Woods and no other tested outcrop.
- Quarry pits or worked debris of matching sarsen at West Woods.

## What would rule it out

- A second outcrop matching Stone 58 as closely as West Woods, or the 50 stones resolving into several groups.

## Evidence 2 for · 1 against

[Portable XRF puts 50 of 52 sarsens in one chemical group; the Stone 58 core's trace elements match West Woods…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPYFM3N7X/portable-xrf-puts-50-of-52-sarsens-in-one-chemical-group-the)

Supported

FOR

[The reanalysis's use of absolute concentrations and mobile elements is unsuited to silcrete.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPYQE2Y6P/the-reanalysiss-use-of-absolute-concentrations-and-mobile)

Suggestive

FOR

[Read by their geochemistry, the Stone 58 data cannot exclude three to six sources.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPYZ81JYC/read-by-their-geochemistry-the-stone-58-data-cannot-exclude)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Where did the sarsens come from?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/questions/QST0CRWPGAG7M10/where-did-the-sarsens-come-from)

Most likelyFifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two…

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