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Origins of the sarsen megaliths at Stonehenge

from Science Advances

Origins of the sarsen megaliths at Stonehenge Science Advances The sources of the stone used to construct Stonehenge around 2,500 BCE have been debated for over four centuries. The smaller “bluestones” near the center of the monument have been traced to Wales, but the origins of the sarsen (silcrete) megaliths that form the primary architecture of Stonehenge remain unknown. Here, we use geochemical data to show that 50 of the 52 sarsens at the monument share a consistent chemistry and, by inference, originated from a common source area. We then compare the geochemical signature of a core extracted from Stone 58 at Stonehenge with equivalent data for sarsens from across southern Britain. READ MORE

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