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From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone
Anthony J. I. Clarke, Remy L. J. Veness, Christopher L. Kirkland et al., 2026. Journal of Quaternary Science.
Provenance analysis with ice-flow modelling. Caithness sandstones match the Altar Stone's zircon ages best, but ice from there flowed mostly north-east, with one path towards Dogger Bank; that would cut the human haul from 700 to 400 km, yet Dogger Bank was under the sea before the stone arrived. Ice alone cannot have brought it.
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Clarke, A. J. I., Veness, R. L. J., Kirkland, C. L., Clark, C. D., Gandy, N., Emery, A., Bradley, S. L., Ely, J. C., & Ignéczi, Á. (2026). From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone. Journal of Quaternary Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.70080
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title = {From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone},
journal = {Journal of Quaternary Science},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.1002/jqs.70080},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.70080}
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Clarke, Anthony J. I. et al.. “From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone.” Journal of Quaternary Science (2026). https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.70080.