# John 2024: A bluestone boulder at Stonehenge: implications for the glacial transport theory

> Brian John, 2024. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The glacial transport reading.

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# A bluestone boulder at Stonehenge: implications for the glacial transport theory

Brian John, 2024. _E&G Quaternary Science Journal_.

Argues the Newall boulder, a rhyolite cobble excavated at Stonehenge in 1924, is a glacial erratic and that the bluestones reached Salisbury Plain by ice.

**Stonehenge** Articledoi: **[10.5194/egqsj-73-117-2024](https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-117-2024)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The glacial transport reading.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The Newall boulder was proposed as a glacial erratic.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPFB827HD/the-newall-boulder-was-proposed-as-a-glacial-erratic)

Evidence

EVD

[The Newall boulder, a rhyolite cobble, is excavated at Stonehenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/events/EVT0CRWPNY65GS3/the-newall-boulder-a-rhyolite-cobble-is-excavated-at)

EVT

[Brian John](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/people/FIG0CRWP97Y5D0X/brian-john)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

[How did the bluestones get from the Preseli Hills to Salisbury Plain?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/questions/QST0CRWPCNA3XRK/how-did-the-bluestones-get-from-the-preseli-hills-to)

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## Cite it

```
John, B. (2024). A bluestone boulder at Stonehenge: implications for the glacial transport theory. E&G Quaternary Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-117-2024
```

[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-117-2024)

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**SRC** 0CRWP3CE1VS0

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Journal article

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CC-BY-4.0

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27 Oct 2026

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