As the quest to find the origins of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone heats up, researchers rule out one Scottish site that appeared to have a direct link to the monument.

Stonehenge’s iconic Altar Stone did not come from Orkney – but elsewhere in north-eastern Scotland, scientists say. The new findings follow last month’s reports that the largest “bluestone ...

In August, a study claimed an altar stone from Stonehenge had been transported from the Orkney Islands. A new study rejects the claim.

At long last, researchers have managed to track down the origins of a unique stone that is a significant part of Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in southwest England. The stone is the six-ton ...

It was mere weeks ago that the origin of Stonehenge's Altar Stone was shockingly revealed to be hundreds of kilometers further away from the monument than previously thought. Now, another study ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists believed that Stonehenge’s central sandstone slab — long called the “altar stone" — came from much closer Wales.

(CNN) — In the hopes of solving one of the enduring mysteries about the iconic monolith, geologists have shifted the search for the origins of Stonehenge’s central Altar Stone to Scotland ...

The Altar Stone, the largest of the bluestones used to build Stonehenge, lies at the heart of the ancient monument in southern England. The 13,227-pound (6-metric ton) block was likely transported ...