Williams-Thorpe & Thorpe [1992]: geochemistry, sources and transport of the bluestones

Paper page

A British Academy paper (read 13 Feb 1991) arguing that the bluestones came from a mixed glacial source. With it is the 1997 discussion by Williams-Thorpe, Green & Scourse.

References

• Williams-Thorpe, O., Thorpe, R.S. [1992]. Geochemistry, sources and transport of the Stonehenge bluestones. Proceedings of the British Academy [volume printed '11' in the local scan], 133–161.
• Williams-Thorpe, O., Green, C.P., Scourse, J.D. The Stonehenge bluestones: discussion. Proceedings of the British Academy 92: 315–318.
• Bevins, R.E., Pearce, N.J.G., Ixer, R.A., Scourse, J., Daw, T., Parker Pearson, M., Pitts, M., Field, D., Pirrie, D., Saunders, I., Power, M. 2025. The enigmatic 'Newall boulder' excavated at Stonehenge in 1924: new data and correcting the record. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 66: 105303. 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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