Quarrying of Stonehenge 'bluestones' dated to 3000 BC

Phys.org - Tue 19 Feb 19

Excavations at two quarries in Wales, known to be the source of the Stonehenge 'bluestones', provide new evidence of megalith quarrying 5,000 years ago, according to a new UCL-led study.

Quarrying of Stonehenge 'Bluestones' Dated to 3000 BC, Laboratory Equipment - Wed 20 Feb 19
Quarrying of Stonehenge 'bluestones' dated to 3000 BC, ScienceDaily - Tue 19 Feb 19
Quarrying of Stonehenge 'bluestones' dated to 3000 BC, Eurekalert - Tue 19 Feb 19

How Neolithic miners quarried the pillars of Stonehenge

Cosmos Magazine - Tue 19 Feb 19

Evidence points to an ‘original’ Stonehenge 230 kilometres from the current one. Andrew Masterson reports.

Solving the mystery of Stonehenge

The Economist - Tue 19 Feb 19

The discovery confirms a prediction made a century ago

Specific Stonehenge quarries identified by new research

National Geographic - Thu 21 Feb 19

Two ancient quarries some 180 miles from the famed prehistoric monument have been identified as the source for stones in the monument’s inner circle.

These quarries supplied the stones that built Stonehenge

Ars Technica - Tue 19 Feb 19

Work at the Welsh quarries dates to around 5,000 years ago.

Stonehenge May Have First Stood in Wales, According to Speculative Idea

Livescience - Tue 19 Feb 19

The iconic megaliths that make up Stonehenge may have once stood in a temporary monument, not too far from where they were quarried in Wales.

Stonehenge mystery solved: Massive rocks came from 180 miles away

FOXNews - Tue 19 Feb 19

Stonehenge has long bewildered researchers and onlookers. Now, a new study reveals that one of the biggest mysteries attached to the ancient monument has been solved – where the giant rocks ...

Stonehenge rocks were brought in from 180 miles away

ZME Science - Tue 19 Feb 19

As if Stonehenge wasn't impressive enough, its rocks were quarried from a very, very long distance away.

How Stonehenge's 'bluestones' were quarried in 3000 BC

Daily Mail - Tue 19 Feb 19

The bluestones were sliced off Carn Goedog and Craig Rhos-y-felin in the Preseli hills in Pembrokeshire, west Wales which provided natural, vertical pillars.

Stonehenge's bluestones traced to 5,000-year-old Welsh quarries

UPI - Tue 19 Feb 19

Scientists have traced the origin of Stonehenge's bluestones to a pair of 5,000-year-old quarries in Wales.