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Photo Pages: Fairy Toot - Chambered Cairn in England in Somerset
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Submitted by TheCaptain on Saturday, 04 September 2004 Page Views: 6235
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 Site Name: Fairy Toot Alternate Name: Nempnett Thrubwell
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Bristol Nearest Village: Butcombe
Map Ref: ST520618 Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.353236N Longitude: 2.690674W
Condition:| 5 | Perfect | | 4 | Almost Perfect | | 3 | Reasonable but with some damage | | 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site | | 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks | | 0 | No data. | | -1 | Completely destroyed |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. |
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Accuracy:| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates | | 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map | | 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map | | 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village | | 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town | | 0 | no data |
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   Fairy Toot submitted by TheCaptain
The once massive Fairy Toot long barrow near Nempnett Thrubwell in North Somerset is now all but totally destroyed. The original size was about 60m long, 25m wide, on a north-south axis.
What remains is now largely flattened rubble with trees and scrub growing on it. Within the centre of the barrow are remains of a sheep shed or suchlike, almost certainly built using stones from the barrow.
However, at the north end is a small insight into the probable glory of its original form, where a couple of small mounds remain under the roots of trees. These remains are over 2m in height, and are clearly seen to have the outer face constructed of drystone walling. In fact, it is possible to make out the remains of what was possibly an opening of some sort and what was possibly a chamber entrance, but it is always possible that these are more modern alterations.
It is recorded that an excavation in 1788 produced evidence of a gallery with several chambers, and remains of skeletons were found.
Legend has it that fairies and goblins can be seen here.
See here for more.
 Fairy Toot submitted by TheCaptain
Fairy Toot Long Barrow, Nempnett Thrubwell, North Somerset, ST521618.
The sad remains of the Fairy Toot long barrow, looking northwest from midway along the eastern side. Remains of a sheepshed can be seen, built right in the middle of this once great barrow. Most of the rest of the mound has been cleared.
 Fairy Toot submitted by TheCaptain
The overall view of the Fairy Toot seen from the North. Its largely destroyed, but the trees show the size and position of the original barrow.
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Re: Nempnett Thrubwell (Score: 1)
by TheCaptain on Sunday, 11 April 2004
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Fairy Toot Long Barrow, Nempnett Thrubwell, North Somerset. ST521618
This once massive burial mound is now all but totally destroyed. The original size was about 60m long, 25m wide, on a north-south axis. What remains is now largely flattened rubble with trees and scrub growing on it. Within the centre of the barrow are remains of a sheep shed or suchlike, almost certainly built using stones from the barrow. However, at the north end is a small insight into the probable glory of its original form, where a couple of small mounds remain under the roots of trees. These remains are over 2m in height, and are clearly seen to have the outer face constructed of drystone walling. In fact, it is possible to make out the remains of what was possibly an opening of some sort and what was possibly a chamber entrance, but it is always possible that these are more modern alterations.
It is recorded that an excavation in 1788 produced evidence of a gallery with several chambers, and remains of skeletons were found.
Legend has it that fairies and goblins can be seen here.
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