One theory suggests that cursus monuments may have served as processional ways for the dead. The placing of burial mounds on their edges may support this view.

The Stonehenge Cursus is aligned on an earlier Neolithic long barrow at its eastern end. A Bronze Age round barrow was built at its western end. Immediately south, there is also a group of burial mounds, known as the Cursus Barrows.

This shows that the Cursus remained important over a long time span, from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.