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Stonehenge's "altar stone" likely originated in present-day Scotland, a study found. It raises questions about how ancient humans transported the stone such a long distance.
A new project aims to uncover more details about ancient stone monuments believed to have been built by Scotland's first farmers. The Early Neolithic megalithic chambered and passage tombs are ...
The unique stone lying flat at the center of the monument was brought to the site in southern England from more than 460 miles away, researchers reported Wednesday in the journal Nature.
MAJOR plans have been submitted for a new 100ft monument to be built at the Scotland-England border. The massive landmark is set to be located near Gretna Green, and aims to celebrate the area for … ...
Scotland’s most ancient monuments - which are likely to have been built by new arrivals from the Continent some 6,000 years ago - are set to be investigated in the first project of its kind.
Because they appear at the same time as the first evidence of farming in Scotland, experts currently believe that these monuments were built by Scotland’s first farmers somewhere between 6,300 ...
There are thousands of officially registered Scottish tartan designs, but only one is dedicated to the “witches” of Scotland.Certified earlier this month, the tricolor pattern is intended as a ...
Researchers may have solved a Stonehenge mystery — and raised another. They say its central Altar Stone somehow got to England from Scotland, hundreds of miles farther away than originally thought.
Stonehenge practically radiates mystery. Who built it? Why? And how? Now, there are some new questions: Why did the Altar Stone — a 6-ton cap for the neolithic monument — come from a site in Scotland ...