# The Altar Stone (Stone 80)

> The Altar Stone (Stone 80)

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/artifacts/ART0CRWPRVY71WX/the-altar-stone-stone-80  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0CRWPRVY71WX·Artifact · object

# The Altar Stone (Stone 80)

PhotographCC BY 4.0Set at Stonehenge in or after Stage 2, about 2500 BC; the rock is Devonian

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The Altar Stone (Stone 80): photo

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The Stones of Stonehenge (stonesofstonehenge.org.uk). CC BY 4.0

## Copies 6

**Photo** Clarke et al. · doi.org · 2024 · CC-BY-4.0Primary source: [A Scottish provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRWP1DY3VNT/a-scottish-provenance-for-the-altar-stone-of-stonehenge)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07652-1)

**Photo** The Stones of Stonehenge (stonesofstonehenge.org.uk) · commons.wikimedia.org · 2023-08-01 · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

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**Picture** The Stones of Stonehenge · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY 4.01 step from the original

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**Photograph** Syrio · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

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**Photograph** Hardscarf · commons.wikimedia.org · CC01 step from the original

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**Photograph** Pieter Deurne · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altaarsteen_Deurne_onderzijde.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Stonehenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWP5TJ4K8B/stonehenge) · Stone circle and henge

## Sources 1

- [A Scottish provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CRWP1DY3VNT/a-scottish-provenance-for-the-altar-stone-of-stonehenge)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Altar Stone (Stone 80) [Artifact ART0CRWPRVY71WX]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CRWPRVY71WX
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Key

**ART** 0CRWPRVY71WX

Kind

Object

Held by

In situ, beneath fallen Stones 55 and 156 at the centre of the monument; English Heritage

Dated

set at Stonehenge in or after Stage 2, about 2500 BC; the rock is Devonian

Licence

CC BY 4.0

Place

[Stonehenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWP5TJ4K8B/stonehenge)

Part of

[Stonehenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge)

The record

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