Stonehenge: A royal burial ground?

What was Stonehenge? I doubt we'll ever know for sure, but according to this news report

it was in fact a royal burial ground:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080529/sc_nm/stonehenge_cemetery_dc_2;_ylt=AsGPWkKKFoRD_4XL3Oc1gWkE1vAI

"New radiocarbon dates of human remains excavated from the ancient stone monument in southwest England suggest it was used as a cemetery from its inception just after 3000 BC until well after the larger circle of stones went up around 2500 BC."

That doesnt suprise me. I've been there, and I've visited many of the barrows surounding it. I'd suspect that area had been used as a burial ground for a long time before the stones went up.