# Parker Pearson 2025: Stonehenge and its Altar Stone: the significance of distant stone sources

> Mike Parker Pearson, Richard Bevins, Richard Bradley et al., 2025. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The "unification" reading of the monument's…

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# Stonehenge and its Altar Stone: the significance of distant stone sources

Mike Parker Pearson, Richard Bevins, Richard Bradley et al., 2025. _Archaeology International_.

Argues from the Scottish Altar Stone, the Welsh bluestones and the Wessex sarsens that Stonehenge's Stage 2 rebuilding around 2500 BC was a political act uniting communities across Britain.

**Stonehenge** Articledoi: **[10.14324/ai.27.1.13](https://doi.org/10.14324/ai.27.1.13)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The "unification" reading of the monument's purpose.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The sarsen monument of about 2500 BC was a political monument uniting communities across Britain, built with…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/answers/ANS0CRWPMYY7F94/the-sarsen-monument-of-about-2500-bc-was-a-political)

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[When the Altar Stone was set at Stonehenge is not dated.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPNPC70XM/when-the-altar-stone-was-set-at-stonehenge-is-not-dated)

Evidence

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

The mystery article

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[What was Stonehenge for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/questions/QST0CRWPDCR161H/what-was-stonehenge-for)

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[Where exactly did the Altar Stone come from, and how did it travel?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/questions/QST0CRWPD4Y0ARZ/where-exactly-did-the-altar-stone-come-from-and-how-did-it)

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## Cite it

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Parker Pearson, M., Bevins, R., Bradley, R., Ixer, R., Pearce, N., & Richards, C. (2025). Stonehenge and its Altar Stone: the significance of distant stone sources. Archaeology International. https://doi.org/10.14324/ai.27.1.13
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.14324/ai.27.1.13)

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27 Oct 2026

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