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.

Getty Images 4 Experts are abuzz over a new report stating that the Altar Stone — one of the site’s most mysterious pieces — was transported from Scotland prior to the invention of the wheel.

A geological study of the Altar Stone shows it likely came from Orcadian Basin, Scotland, at least 466 miles from Stonehenge, researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

Radharc Images/Alamy. By Franz Lidz. Aug. 14, 2024. Leer en español. ... From shards of the Altar Stone, the Australian researchers analyzed grains of zircon, apatite and rutile.

The Altar Stone lies at the center of the prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. David Goddard / Getty Images. For many years, historians thought the Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge ...

A study of the 6-tonne altar stone at the heart of Stonehenge has shown that it was almost certainly brought there from north-east Scotland, much further than any other stone in the megalithic ...

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The Altar Stone at the ancient monument Stonehenge located on Salisbury Plain is seen underneath two bigger Sarsen stones in Wiltshire, Britain in this undated photo released on Aug. 14, 2024.

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.

How the altar stone was transported all the way from Scotland to the south of England isn’t known, but it is most likely to have been brought by sea, says Clarke.