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Stonehenge's central stone 'didn't come from Wales' as previously thought
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2:08Now PlayingThe Altar Stone at the centre of Stonehenge was brought 500 miles from northern Scotland - not Wales, as was previously thought - according to new research, adding to the mystery of the Neolithic site.
Geological fingerprinting has revealed the six-tonne stone almost certainly came from the Orcadian Basin, a rock deposit stretching north from Inverness up to the Orkney Islands.
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