Mega lift? Stonehenge pillars were carried 230km over land – research

Archaeologists say up to 80 two-ton blocks may have been dragged from Preseli hillsThey are among the most famous and most enigmatic mysteries in all of archaeology: how did neolithic builders, using only stone, wooden and bone tools, carve Stonehenge ’s bluestone pillars from the hilltops of western Wales – and how on earth did they transport them more than 230km (143 miles) to Salisbury plain?Now, an excavation has found intriguing new evidence of the method by which the huge stones were chiselled out of the rock face at two craggy outcrops of thePreseli hills in Pembrokeshire.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 19, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Esther Addley Tags: Stonehenge UK news Archaeology Science Source Type: news