Stone 4

The greatest number of carvings on any one stone at Stonehenge is on the outer face of Stone 4. Above is the laser scan data as it first appears in our software before analysis. The millions of 3D measurements collected by the scanner have been triangulated into a surface so that the data may be visualised more effectively. Many axes are clearly distinguishable.

Work is currently underway to match the axes seen here on the scan to those recorded in 1953-4 by Robert Newal, and to explore the possibility that more unrecorded axes might be found.

The outlines of some of the axes are marked in the working image below:

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