The Stones: Sarsens, Bluestones and the Altar Stone

A short sourced companion to the three kinds of stone at Stonehenge — sarsens, bluestones and the Altar Stone — including the 2024 debate about where the Altar Stone came from.

What’s inside:

- Sarsens

- Bluestones

- The Altar Stone

- A compact comparison

- Credits, licence and sources

Pages: 6 (A4) / 6 (US Letter). Formats: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Most inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; the cover is dark, so print that in colour or skip it to save ink.

Every fact is written in our own words and checked against named sources from English Heritage, University College London, Curtin University, UNESCO and Encyclopaedia Britannica (checked 14 Nov 2026); the sources are listed on the credits page. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with its source.

Photographs are free-licensed from Wikimedia Commons (public domain, CC0 or CC BY only), credited on the credits page, and resized with no other changes. CC BY-SA photographs used on the website are not included in the paid packs. Labelled diagrams are our own, simplified and not to scale. This pack is independent and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, English Heritage, the National Trust, Historic England, UNESCO or Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Licence: personal use. Print as many copies as you need for yourself and your household. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For club, school or commercial use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

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This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.

Price: $3.99 USD.