Missing piece of Stonehenge returns after 60 years

A missing piece stone from Stonehenge in Britain has now been returned to the site, 60 years after its disappearance. Stonehenge is a ring of ancient stones that still occupies a place of mystery, and is a very important part of English heritage.
The piece of stone, cylindrical in shape is 1.08 m long and has a diameter of 25 ml. It was reportedly taken from the site way back in 1958. It was during this time that the cracked stones were provided support with metal rods.

According to reports, an employee of Van Moppes, the diamond cutting firm that carried out the work during that time at the site kept the stone core with himself and took it to the United States. Last year, on his 90th birthday, the man asked the fragment of Hengestone to be returned to English Heritage, which is a conservation charity looking after these ancient stones.

The missing stone might now be able to help to determine the origin of the stone, as a statement from Heather Sebire, English Heritage’s curator for Stonehenge said in a statement, “Studying the Stonehenge core’s ‘DNA’ could tell us more about where those enormous sarsen stones originated.”

As of now, Stonehenge’s age is estimated to be 4000 to 5000 years, and it is believed that it could have been a religious site in the olden days. However, there is no definitive answer regarding its origin, and the mystery still continues.