It's a running joke in archaeology that any artifact of unknown usage has "religious" purposes, whatever that might mean. The whole druids thing (as it's prese

It's a running joke in archaeology that any artifact of unknown usage has "religious" purposes, whatever that might mean. The whole druids thing (as it's presented today) is a recent invention, basically the 19th century so there is no guarantee that they have any clearer understanding of the stones' purpose than the rest of us do. Regrettably, pre-Roman Britain did not preserve anything in writing. As you say, for anyone visiting that area: skip Stonehenge which is noisy, crowded and fenced off, and go to West Kennet Long Barrow or Avebury (about 20 miles down the road?) where you can actually walk amongst and touch the stones. Avebury is literally a village built in and around an ancient monument, it's quite something. https://goo.gl/maps/mHUyxecZ4EE2 https://goo.gl/maps/mHUyxecZ4EE2