Read on for our guide to visiting Stonehenge. Christopher Wren carved his name on a stone in the 17th century Assorted graffiti from across the centuries is present on many of the stones at ...

The Altar Stone is one of the most enigmatic rocks at Stonehenge, and is generally grouped with the bluestones. Despite its name (suggested as its use by the architect Inigo Jones in 1620), its ...

The mystery behind one of the world’s most mystical wonders may have been unraveled just as it prepares to host thousands of tourists for the year’s shortest day. Stonehenge researchers have ...

These were just the romantic (lurid) names that the early pearl-clutching ... revealed that the long-mysterious “Altar Stone” at the heart of Stonehenge came from faraway Scotland, raising ...

"It got its name because it is flat like a table ... "Loads of uncertainty about what the Altar Stone means." Stonehenge, built in multiple stages over about 500 years starting at approximately ...

The bluestones, mainly two- to four-ton rocks made of sandstone and igneous material, derive their name ... Altar Stone. Archaeologists speculate that the Altar Stone was installed at Stonehenge ...

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