At https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/01/how-stonehenge-stones-were-moved/ … the mystery of how the stones of Stonehenge were moved – not how they were put in place. It has a long history of controversy between geologists and archaeologists. Stonehenge is a big visitor attraction and a lot of tourist money hangs on the archaeological explanation, one might guess. We are of course talking about the so called blue stones – relatively small in comparison with the big local sarsen stones. You would not know that from a superficial shot of Stonehenge by the casual visitor to the link. However, we now have a research team from Curtin University who were involved in a mineral analysis of sediment on Salisbury Plain. They found no evidence they were deposited by glaciers during the last Ice Age, a pretty damning response to Brian John and his book, ‘The Stonehenge blue stones‘ [2018]. The idea they might have been transported by water, or ice melt, is not mentioned in the press release. Water would have left different traces – or sediments were washed away. However, the researchers are adamant. They looked at 700 rock grains in river sediments near Stonehenge. There were no grains that matched stones with an origin in outcrops in Wales or Scotland – or anywhere but locally. It of course depends on how close to Stonehenge the movement had to be. Presumably it was the blueish or greenish colouration of the stones that attracted the builders and was why they were incorporated into the complex. How far away could they have been hauled. After all, the sarsen stones were moved from the Marlborough Downs to Stonehenge – and they are a lot bigger. We now await a response from the geologists.
See also https://www.livescience.com/62619-did-glaciers-carry-stonehenge- ….
as well as https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/people-not-glaciers-transported-rocks-to-stonehenge-study-confirms …