altar stone

American  

noun

1. mensa.

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Etymology

Origin of altar stone

1275–1325; Middle English awterston

Example Sentences

The study focuses on how the Altar Stone and other massive rocks ended up at Stonehenge, a question that has puzzled researchers for generations.

From Science Daily

The new findings build on another major Curtin led discovery from 2024, which traced the origin of the central six tonne 'Altar Stone' to Scotland.

From Science Daily

Last year, researchers including Prof Nick Pearce from Aberystwyth in Wales, of all places, concluded that the Altar Stone could not have come from Wales.

From BBC

The central Altar Stone was made of a different rock but always assumed to have come from the same area, until 20 years ago when scientists first began to question its origins.

From BBC

The six-tonne Altar Stone at the heart of Stonehenge came from the far north of Scotland rather than south-west Wales as previously thought, new analysis has found.

From BBC