E&G Quaternary Science Journal
E&G Quaternary Science Journal
EGQSJ
Articles | Volume 73, issue 1
Articles | Volume 73, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-117-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-73-117-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 73, issue 1
Research article
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05 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 05 Jun 2024

A bluestone boulder at Stonehenge: implications for the glacial transport theory

Brian Stephen John
Editorial note: the publication of this article has led to some controversy among the scientific community working in the respective field. A critical commentary on this article backed up by new scientific findings has been published in Bevins et al. (2025) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105303).

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There is an ongoing dispute between those who believe that the bluestones at Stonehenge were (a) transported by humans or (b) glacially transported erratics. An igneous boulder found at Stonehenge in 1924 and then lost for over 90 years has been found in Salisbury Museum. Its shape and surface characteristics suggest that it was carried from West Wales by the Irish Sea Ice Stream. The author proposes that most if not all of the 43 bluestone monoliths are glacial erratics.
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