For many years, historians thought the Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge, England’s famed prehistoric monument, came from Wales. However, new research suggests its journey was much longer.

Some of Stonehenge’s bluestones first formed another stone circle in west Wales that was dismantled and rebuilt on the Salisbury Plain some 150 miles away, archaeologists have revealed.

Given Stonehenge's profound impact on many people's imaginations, it's not surprising that replicas exist elsewhere, varying ...

As the sun rose Saturday on the longest day of the year, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ancient monument ...

Stonehenge is made up of two main types of rock. The sarsens, sandstone slabs weighing 25 tons on average, form the iconic central horseshoe, the uprights and lintels of the outer circle, as well ...

The 2-ton stones were lowered onto wooden sledges and dragged or carried to their new location in present-day England. The quarried stones are the interior rocks of Stonehenge, separate from the ...

Stonehenge’s Altar Stone, which lies at the heart of the ancient monument in southern England, was likely transported over 435 miles (700 kilometers) from what’s now northeastern Scotland ...

As the sun rose on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a crowd erupted in cheers at Stonehenge where the ...

English Heritage has started work on new education facilities at UNESCO World Heritage Site Stonehenge, due to open in time ...

A Monumental Discovery. While most visitors to Stonehenge admire the structure from a distance, few are aware of the Altar Stone lying beneath a pile of collapsed stones at the center of the monument.

Stonehenge's Altar Stone, weighing roughly six tons, was brought to the site from Scotland and not Wales, as was previously thought, researchers said.

Now that the source of Stonehenge’s great stones has finally been identified, archaeological attention is likely to turn to discovering the precise route used by the monument’s prehistoric ...