<< Our Photo Pages >> Long Tom (Avebury) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Wiltshire
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Date UncertainSite Name: Long Tom (Avebury)Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Avebury
Map Ref: SU1438371290 Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.440424N Longitude: 1.794456W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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Between two gallops, on the right just before the reservoir on the old London road from Avebury, east of Fyfield Down, on Clatford Down. Known to an old jockey, possibly Fred Archer, as "my winning post." In favour of Long Tom being prehistoric or at least an ancient waymarker is the fact that he stands out absolutely clear on the skyline if you walk towards Downs Barn and look back from the next hill.
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