This stone along with Stone 57 and Lintel 158 - known as the "West Trilithon" - collapsed outwards in January 1797 and lay on the ground until their re-erection in 1958.
Prior to the lifting of Stone 58 and because of an obvious bedding plane running through it, three cores were drilled, bolts inserted to ensure the two layers of the stone held together and the bolts hidden by the replacement of the ends of the cores into the holes. These are most obvious on the western face as circles of about 3" diameter:
The western face core caps:
Upper:
Middle:
Lower:
The eastern face core caps:
Upper:
Middle:
Lower:
Estimated above ground weight: 24.04 tons
Height: 5.18m (17ft 0in) (Note: estimated. Was fallen when Chief Architect inspected in 1919)
In July 2020 a paper was published in Science Advances (https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/31/eabc0133) that made use of one of these core samples to provenance the likely origin of the sarsens. West Woods in Marlborough was identified as the closest match to the majority (50 out of 52) of the sarsens at Stonehenge.
In July 2020 a paper was published in Science Advances (https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/31/eabc0133) that made use of one of these core samples to provenance the likely origin of the sarsens. West Woods in Marlborough was identified as the closest match to the majority (50 out of 52) of the sarsens at Stonehenge.
