Mysterious Stonehenge Altar Could Have Traveled Via Glacier

Artforum is a part of Penske Media Corporation. (c) 2026 Artforum Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. News Mysterious Stonehenge Altar Could Have Traveled Via Glacier, New Study Finds By News Desk Plus icon More Mysterious Stonehenge Altar Could Have Traveled Via Glacier, New Study Finds Read more Crystal Bridges To Open $150 Million, 100,000 Square Foot Expansion Read more New York’s New School Slashes Staff, Tenured Faculty Read more June 5, 2026 3:57 pm A pink supermoon setting behind Stonehenge in 2021. Photo: Finnbarr Webster via Getty Images. Getty Images Share Share on Facebook Post google Google Preferred Show more sharing options Share on WhatsApp Email Print This Page Share on LinkedIn Pin it Share to Flipboard Submit to Reddit Post to Tumblr The mystery of the central Stonehenge altar stone - a 6 ton, approximately 16-foot-long micaceous sandstone megalith - has posed a tantalizing question to researchers and amateur history buffs for decades: how did such a colossal rock come to rest at the center of the most famous prehistoric monument in England? A new study published on Thursday in the Journal of Quaternary Science proposes that it's possible that the altar stone could have been carried part of the way on its journey by a glacier.