New theory on how six‑tonne Stonehenge rock was transported from Scotland thousands of years ago: On a glacier

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A new theory suggests that the massive stones of Stonehenge, weighing between 2 and 25 tonnes and sourced from non-local bedrock, were transported from Scotland on glaciers thousands of years ago. This hypothesis aims to explain the construction mystery of how such large stones were moved before the invention of the wheel.

Built from stones weighing between 2 and 25 tonnes (2 to 28 tons), the structure of Stonehenge demonstrates a scale of construction hard to imagine before the invention of the wheel. The mystery deepens when you consider that the stones are not from the local bedrock. So why these stones, and how did they get there?