Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial ground in England, is older than Stonehenge, a new radiocarbon-dating study finds.

Over the years, the Altar Stone has been overshadowed by the more prominent features of Stonehenge, such as the towering sarsens and the enigmatic bluestones. However, its story is no less compelling.

New research suggests that, as well as being a probable centre for the veneration of the Sun, Stonehenge was also a fertility temple. A detailed study of a partly buried fallen stone at the monument ...

Blocks were brought to Salisbury Plain from all over the country in a grand project that would have taken about eight months – uniting people in the process ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ancient ritual meaning of Stonehenge is still a mystery, but researchers are one step closer to understanding how the famous stone circle was created. The unique stone ...

Many archaeological discoveries make themselves known to the world by mere accident, and construction workers in Denmark have ...

However, several smaller carved penises from around the time of Stonehenge's construction have been found just two miles from the site. The Altar Stone is a six-tonne sandstone slab that lies flat ...

Initially, its similarities to Stonehenge had archeologists and historians assuming that Flagstones must be of a similar date ...

The Altar Stone at the center of Stonehenge, long believed to have been hauled to southwest England from Wales, was actually transported more than 450 miles from northeastern Scotland, a team of ...

FILE - A section of Stonehenge, roughly 5,000 years old, on the Salisbury Plain near Amesbury, England, on Aug. 6, 2014. (ANDREW TESTA/The New York Times) ...

The analysis suggests that Flagstones may have served as a prototype for later monuments like Stonehenge. Findings from this ...

Using chemical analysis, they determined that the Altar Stone came from Scotland's Orcadian Basin, which is at least 750km (460 miles) from Stonehenge, according to the study in the journal Nature.