Altar Stone (Stonehenge)

Altar Stone at Stonehenge[1]

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 comment by Inigo Jones who wrote:

‘... whether it might be an Altar or no I leave to the judgment of others’.[2]
  1. ^ "Altar Stone (Stone 80)". stonesofstonehenge.org.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ North, John (10 September 2007). Stonehenge. Simon and Schuster. p. 424. ISBN 978-1416576464. Retrieved 4 August 2014 – via Google Books.