Ixer & Turner 2006: petrography of the Altar Stone and other non-sarsen sandstones (WANHM 99)

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The first detailed thin-section petrography of the Altar Stone (Salisbury Museum thin section 277). It favours the Senni Beds.

References

• Ixer, R.A., Turner, P. 2006. A detailed re-examination of the petrography of the Altar Stone and other non-sarsen sandstones from Stonehenge as a guide to their provenance. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine 99: 1–9.
• Clarke, A.J.I., Kirkland, C.L., Bevins, R.E., Pearce, N.J.G., Glorie, S., Ixer, R.A. 2024. A Scottish provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge. Nature 632: 570–575. DOI (open access)
• Bevins, R.E., Pearce, N.J.G., Ixer, R.A., Pirrie, D., Andò, S., Hillier, S., Turner, P., Power, M. 2023. The Stonehenge Altar Stone was probably not sourced from the Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin: time to broaden our geographic and stratigraphic horizons? Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 51: 104215. DOI (open access)

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