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<< Our Photo Pages >> The Toots (King's Stanley) - Long Barrow in England in Gloucestershire

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Toots (King's Stanley) Alternative Name: King's Stanley I
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Stroud  Nearest Village: Selsley
Map Ref: SO82700310  Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.726348N  Longitude: 2.25187W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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drolaf visited on 25th Aug 2022 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 4

SSpedS visited on 22nd Nov 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 I live about 30 mins walk away so a well visited site

4clydesdale7 visited on 13th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Tremendous views of the Severn Vale to the West

TheWhiteRider visited on 20th Jun 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 14th Mar 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Remains of a large unexcavated Long Barrow on the Cotswold escarpment slopes of Selsley Common, just to the south of Stroud in Gloucestershire. Possibly called 'The Toots' because of a hollow in the middle which makes it look as if it is composed of two mounds. The views on a good day from here are terrific, and the common is a favourite place for dogwalkers, kite flyers and model plane flying.

TheCaptain visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Walking "The Selsey Circuit" of the Cotswold Way with San, and passed over the Toots. Snow on the hilltops!



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.83 Ambience: 4.17 Access: 3.83

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by AngieLake : Facing WSW on 22nd Sept with the glare of the setting sun at Equinox highlighting the dips and bumps on top of The Toots. The River Severn is glimpsed in the distance, top right. Views are spectacular up here! (Vote or comment on this photo)
The remains of a large unexcavated Long Barrow on the Cotswold escarpment slopes of Selsley Common, just to the south of Stroud in Gloucestershire. The views on a good day from here are terrific, and the common is a favourite place for dogwalkers, kite flyers and model plane flying.

Possibly called 'The Toots' because of a hollow in the middle which makes it look as if it is composed of two mounds.
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The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by AngieLake : On 21st Sept, coming up to Equinox, looking towards sunset from The Toots' SSE side. (Views were so wonderful here, prompting a return the next evening.) (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by AngieLake : Looking up at the NNW side of The Toots with the moon rising in the sky, left, and the sun setting to the west. Nearly Equinox... 21st Sept. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by baz : The Toots long barrow lies at the edge of Selsley Common, overlooking The Vale of Gloucester and the River Severn. 55 metres long, it's one of the longest in Gloucestershire. SO827031. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by AngieLake : The setting sun on 22nd Sept nicely highlights the shape of The Toots, with a well-worn track running around its NW-ish side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by AngieLake : Evening of 22nd Sept, around Equinox, looking down over the valley to the NW, at what must be King's Stanley and Leonard Stanley below. Note the position of the wooden bench which appears in the next shot.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by AngieLake : On 22nd September while approaching the Toots I noticed this large circular patch of green grass amongst the long drier grasses. It seemed out of place - bit like a crop circle without the pattern!

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by thecaptain : The Toots on Selsley common is a favourite place for model plane flying.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by MythicAl : Is the Toots a model of the Malvern Hills?

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by MythicAl : Chose to take this picture because I thought that the gap looked like a notch on a route way aligned on May Hill... But looked at it today and thought "THAT IS A MODEL OF THE MALVERNS" - has anyone else ever had this thought before?! (1 comment)

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by AngieLake : A last look-back at The Toots, with sun setting behind the earthworks on 21st Sept.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by AngieLake : On top of the long mounds, facing ENE, the setting sun at Autumn Equinox behind me creates a long shadow.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by AngieLake : Sitting on the bench in the previous shot and taking a photo of The Toots looming above me.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by AngieLake : A young woman and her dog approach the earthworks from the ENE end. The evening of 22nd Sept, Equinox period.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by thecaptain : The Toots on Selsley common is a favourite place for model plane flying.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by thecaptain : The Toots on Selsley common is a favourite place for model plane flying.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by thecaptain : The massive bulk of The Toots on Selsley common, seen here from the southwest.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by thecaptain : The massive bulk of The Toots on Selsley common.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by thecaptain : Approaching The Toots across Selsley common.

The Toots (King's Stanley)
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by thecaptain : The Toots - seen on the skyline of Selsley common above the church. Viewed here from Stroud

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Re: The Toots by drolaf on Friday, 05 August 2022
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Selsey common is very busy, walkers, dogwalkers and cyclists. Many visitors have no idea the barrow is anything more than a hillock. It has no protection so is getting eroded, especially from cyclists. But it’s nice to see it used as a viewpoint. Like many local barrows it is near the edge of a sharp escarpment overlooking the Severn valley.

Just along the hill to the NE is an old quarry where locals arrange the stones into pictures. They used to be fun dinasaurs and animals, but now is a spiral.

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Re: The Toots by Zooks777 on Sunday, 15 August 2021
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Shows well on the Environment Agency lidar (grey icon next to that for CamRA)
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Re: The Toots by oldlongdog on Wednesday, 16 October 2013
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I visit this site very often with the dogs (and occasionally with the kite), and it's one of the best places locally because of the spectacular views. I have always thought an important aspect of longbarrows was their visibility and it is amazing how many locations nearby offer a direct view of this mound. Equally, it's amazing what else you can see from here; fabulous view of the river Severn, the Malvern Hills, May Hill and even Sugaloaf Mountain in Wales. In the summer there is a symphony of skylarks and the grass full of orchids.

It's a tragedy that there is no marker to show people that this mound is an ancient monument. When I enquired why at GCC they told me that the sign had been vandalised (burnt) and there was no money to replace it. Very sad, maybe the parish council should fund a new one in stainless steel...?
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Re: The Toots by coldrum on Sunday, 03 January 2010
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The following information is from the Pastscape site.

"A long barrow 240 feet in length by 90 feet wide by 10ft high
orientated ENE - WSW (2); no signs of a ditch. It has been opened
in many places, especially at the east end (3), and a large gash
across the middle has made it appear as two mounds. In 1880 "two
hollowed stones from a burying place on Selsley Hill, and
accompanying an interment" were exhibited at Stroud. If from
this site, as seems likely, they could have been the hollowed
slabs of a port-hole entrance burial chamber (2). (2,3)

This long barrow has been dug across the middle in the past but only the indent in the top profile suggests two mounds. Towards the west end it is 2.0m high and at the east end 3.5m high. Surveyed at 1:2500. The name 'The Toots' is still applied locally. "

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=115112
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Re: The Toots by Anonymous on Saturday, 12 May 2007
'The Toots' is located on Selsley Common - it has Selsey on the entry so an important 'l' is missing or people could be directed to Selsey Bill on the South coast - lol!

The nearest village is Selsley - definitely not Uley, which is a good 4 or 5 miles away. Selsley falls within the parish of King's Stanley (the village I was brought up in) so that village, at least, should be put for location - Selsley isnt always printed on larger scale maps as it is tiny - but King's Stanley will be.
Access to it - easy - The Common is owned by the Parish and everyone has free access to use it. You park near the road and just walk over to it

I dont think anyone locally ever called it 'The Toots' - although I know that is its given name on OS maps - everyone always just called it 'The Bump' - lol - as it is so visible from the flat top of the common and from the villages below. You can see it as a visible 'bump' even from Gloucester and from the Welsh side of the River Severn. I dont think many people realise it is a burial mound - but it is very well used as a viewpoint. Everyone who goes for a walk on Selsley Common is drawn to it to walk to and stand on top of. People picnic on it - fly model planes from it, and I always used to ride my pony over it (!) Anyway - that is just a bit of background gossip in case you are interested.

Judy
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Re: The Toots by Anonymous on Tuesday, 21 August 2001
YES I LIVE NEARBY, and we visit it regularly, but its very cold in the winter! However, I will get some more photos, these on the internet jsut dont do it justice, there are several very interesting mounds, and Im jsut reading more on this, on the internet!JADEWOOD
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