A bout 5,000 years ago, two stone circles were built in what is now southwest England, proving that Stonehenge was not the only circle from the Stone Age in the region.

It’s been a mystery for 5,000 years, but scientists think they may finally have discovered the reason Stonehenge was built.

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, a Neolithic monument, is pictured in Wiltshire, England. Research has uncovered new insights into the provenance of the Altar Stone, one of the megaliths that form the monument.

The iconic Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge in southern England was likely moved over hundreds of miles nearly 5,000 years ago, according to new research. CNN values your feedback 1.

One of the many archaeological mysteries at Britain’s Stonehenge has been solved. The site’s six-ton Altar Stone hails from over 400 miles north in Scotland, not from Wales or other closer ...

Property owner Dennis Stone and his family have worked to solve the mystery of this rock formation since the 1950s. Believed ...

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.

Over 6,000 years old and still a site for worship, Stonehenge remains a unique place. As the first rays of the sun shine into ...