# Bevins 2025: 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. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The reply to the glacial reading.

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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.

**Stonehenge** ArticleCopy of **[The Newall boulder](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/artifacts/ART0CRWPT3064XM/the-newall-boulder)** doi: **[10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105303](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105303)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The reply to the glacial reading.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[The Newall boulder](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/artifacts/ART0CRWPT3064XM/the-newall-boulder)

ART

[The Newall boulder: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/copies/CPY0CRWQFAP2Y4E/the-newall-boulder-photo)

CPY

[Re-examination found no striations or glacial shaping on the boulder.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPFK25HQN/re-examination-found-no-striations-or-glacial-shaping-on-the)

Evidence

EVD

[The Newall boulder shows no glacial features and is read as a worked monolith fragment; no glacial deposits…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/evidence/EVD0CRWPEC037SW/the-newall-boulder-shows-no-glacial-features-and-is-read-as)

Evidence

EVD

[The Newall boulder is re-examined and found non-glacial](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/stonehenge/events/EVT0CRWPCDG0KES/the-newall-boulder-is-re-examined-and-found-non-glacial)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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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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