The Stonehenge Bluestone Debate - Glacial Transport & The Altar Stone

In this video we delve deeper into the great Stonehenge Bluestone Debate... taking a much closer look at the glacial transport theory and assessing the recent claims regarding a Scottish provenance for the altar stone... To help with this, we have a channel first (and something we’d love to do more of in the future) an interview with an expert! Someone who’s work we featured in our last video, a specialist in glacial geomorphology and a leading voice on the glacial transport theory... Brian John Not only did he agree to sit down on camera with us, he was happy to answer all of your questions from the last video… providing great detail on an under-reported side of the story. Brian John also shares his thoughts on the Altar Stone; although he wouldn’t say it was impossible, he agreed with authors of the new paper, that glacial transport from north east Scotland was unlikely... but goes on to question if the evidence for a Scottish provenance really stands up to scrutiny. For
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