Altar Stone

🎭 Culture / Religion · 2750 BC – 2501 BC

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Altar Stone
The Stones of Stonehenge

The Altar Stone is a recumbent central megalith at Stonehenge in England, dating to Stonehenge phase 3i, around 2600 BCE. It is identified as Stone 80 in scholarly articles. Its name probably comes from a 1620 comment by Inigo Jones who wrote: ‘... whether it might be an Altar or no I leave to the judgment of others’.

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