More geological evidence can now be brought to bear on the problem of the origin of Stonehenge. Spreading ice sheets rather than human activity could have brought the rocks to Salisbury Plain.
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KELLAWAY, G. Glaciation and the Stones of Stonehenge. Nature 233, 30–35 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233030a0
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