# Parker Pearson 2015: Craig Rhos-y-felin: a Welsh bluestone megalith quarry for Stonehenge

> Mike Parker Pearson, Richard Bevins, Rob Ixer et al., 2015. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the rhyolite quarry and its dating.

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# Craig Rhos-y-felin: a Welsh bluestone megalith quarry for Stonehenge

Mike Parker Pearson, Richard Bevins, Rob Ixer et al., 2015. _Antiquity_.

Excavation of the rhyolite outcrop matched to Stonehenge debris: a recess from which a pillar was removed, a stone platform, hammerstones and wedges, with charcoal dates in the late fourth millennium BC.

**Stonehenge** ArticleCopy of **[Extraction recess and platform at Craig Rhos-y-felin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/artifacts/ART0CRWPTAT43G5/extraction-recess-and-platform-at-craig-rhos-y-felin)** doi: **[10.15184/aqy.2015.177](https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2015.177)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the rhyolite quarry and its dating.

## The document 22 pages

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## Cited by on this site 5 records

[Extraction recess and platform at Craig Rhos-y-felin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/artifacts/ART0CRWPTAT43G5/extraction-recess-and-platform-at-craig-rhos-y-felin)

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[Extraction recess and platform at Craig Rhos-y-felin: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/copies/CPY0CRWPTJM1DMZ/extraction-recess-and-platform-at-craig-rhos-y-felin-photo)

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[The Craig Rhos-y-felin quarry is published](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/events/EVT0CRWPBE85S26/the-craig-rhos-y-felin-quarry-is-published)

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[Rob Ixer](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/people/FIG0CRWP88P0470/rob-ixer)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Parker Pearson, M., Bevins, R., Ixer, R., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Welham, K., Chan, B., Edinborough, K., Hamilton, D., Macphail, R., Schlee, D., Schwenninger, J. L., Simmons, E., & Smith, M. (2015). Craig Rhos-y-felin: a Welsh bluestone megalith quarry for Stonehenge. Antiquity. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2015.177
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