Absolutely catches my own feelings. It's the very 'ancientness' (if such a word exists) of the sites, the fact that these stones have stood, or lain in some cases, for thousands of years in these places that almost begs me to make a physical connection. I don't go so far as to hug them; that would be overdoing it but I do feel a sense of loss in leaving them behind. However I then reassure myself that they've been there an awful lot longer than I've been on this Earth and will remain so long after I've ceased to be even a distant memory.