London - The stones at Stonehenge could have been “played” like a giant xylophone, a study has claimed.
Researchers spent months tapping pieces of stone onto 1 000 types of rock and recording the sound they made.
Most produced a muted “thud”, but bluestones from the Preseli hills in south Wales – where the monoliths are thought to have originated – “sing” when struck.
Their “exceptional sonic nature” may explain why neolithic man carted the stones 200 miles to Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire more than 4 000 years ago to build Stonehenge, said the team from the Royal College of Art. - Daily Mail