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Stonehenge's 13,200-pound Altar Stone originated in northeastern Scotland, more than 450 miles away

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Stonehenge's Altar Stone's mineral makeup matches sedimentary rocks in Scotland 's Orkney and Shetland islands.

Researchers studied mineral grains from two fragments of the rock.

They think transporting such a heavy load would have required "societal coordination" between the Orcadian Basin and southern England .