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The enigmatic 'Newall boulder' excavated at Stonehenge in 1924: New data and correcting the record
Richard E. Bevins, Nick J.G. Pearce, Rob A. Ixer et al., 2025. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
Re-examines the boulder and finds no glacial surface features; it is read as a piece of a worked Craig Rhos-y-felin rhyolite monolith, and the authors restate that no glacial deposits are known on Salisbury Plain.
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The reply to the glacial reading.
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Bevins, R. E., Pearce, N. J., Ixer, R. A., Scourse, J., Daw, T., Parker Pearson, M., Pitts, M., Field, D., Pirrie, D., Saunders, I., & Power, M. (2025). The enigmatic 'Newall boulder' excavated at Stonehenge in 1924: New data and correcting the record. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105303
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author = {Bevins, Richard E. and Pearce, Nick J.G. and Ixer, Rob A. and Scourse, James and Daw, Tim and Parker Pearson, Mike and Pitts, Mike and Field, David and Pirrie, Duncan and Saunders, Ian and Power, Matthew},
title = {The enigmatic 'Newall boulder' excavated at Stonehenge in 1924: New data and correcting the record},
journal = {Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105303},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105303}
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Bevins, Richard E. et al.. “The enigmatic 'Newall boulder' excavated at Stonehenge in 1924: New data and correcting the record.” Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105303.