<< Our Photo Pages >> Toms Hill - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in England in Somerset
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Toms Hill Alternative Name: Little Toms HillCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Somerset Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Simonsbath
Map Ref: SS80184329 Landranger Map Number: 181
Latitude: 51.176253N Longitude: 3.715464W
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 |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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. |
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 |
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Gongoozler visited on 27th Jul 2020 - their rating: Access: 2 Bit tricky to find. Worth the effort for a wonderful location, 360 degree views across Exmoor with no habitation in site.
SandyG visited on 23rd Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 2 This is not an easy row to reach. Car parking is available at SS 83523 42234. From here follow the footpath west past the Madacombe stone row and then head west to SS 80073 43241. The row is a short distance to the east. Having made the effort it is worth having look at the nearby rows at East Pinford and Trout Hill.
TheCaptain have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Access: 2
This is supposed to be a six stone rectangle, with all stones remaining, but I only found 5 stones today. It is definitely two rows of three, with the remaining stones up to 0.5 metres tall. The stones in each row are spaced about 8 or 9 metres from each other, with the two rows 6 or 7 metres apart.
I have to say that I was expecting this to be a much more impressive setting from a picture I have seen of it beforehand.
Update August 2019: This stone row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain's website - see their entry for Tom’s Hill, which includes a description, a plan of the row from Chanter and Worth (1906), a plan of the row from a recent survey in April 2018, photographs and access information. SRoGB notes: "This is not an easy row to reach … having made the effort it is worth having a look at the nearby rows at East Pinford and Trout Hill".
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