Large stones, and stones in formations have been venerated for thousands of years. I posted an article here 7/21/2006 entitled Mysteries in Stone, ignored or unsolved. You may like to check that one too.

Computers are now being used to sort out the significance of the patterns in ancient stone monuments, and because of this we are now achieving new insights into the ways in which Man used to be in touch with his universe. It seems likely that in Man's early days, great single, and isolated stones were worshipped as gods.