The architectural experience of a megalith might be described as minimalist. One unhewn stone rests on another, there is little finesse. After a few minutes, and perhaps a photograph, you have seen that site . . . . Although the 'meaning' will usually be sufficiently diffuse to be a matter of dispute among different viewers, such art embodies a sense of place or belongingness. The same unstated ironies are ignored en masse when the megaliths are all-too signposted, as with Stonehenge, Newgrange and the like.
Tourists are a mixed bunch.
The majority are content with sightseeing - a brief look at the more spectacular bits, a photograph, some knickknack from the shop and a chance to use the loos. In-between are all manner of 'weirdos' and culturally orthodox visitors. The myriad ways in which we can approach the past is a mirror of our pluralistic culture. Ethnology also opens our minds to potentially more profound mythological landscapes. We will all continue to live in our familiar, everyday concepts of landscape.