Stonehenge may have been built to unify people in ancient Britain, according to new research.

It comes after evidence shows one of the stones came to the monument in Wiltshire from as far away as north east Scotland.

The lead author of the research - Prof Mike Parker Pearson from the UCL Institute of Archaeology - explained the stones coming from different places in the country makes it "unique among over 900 stone circles in Britain".

Published in Archaeology International, it also points out the 43 bluestones at Stonehenge came from 140 miles (225km) away in Wales.

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