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<< Our Photo Pages >> Long Tom (Avebury) - Standing Stone (Menhir) in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by PaulH on Sunday, 14 December 2003  Page Views: 11899

Date UncertainSite Name: Long Tom (Avebury)
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.3 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Wiltshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: Avebury
Map Ref: SU1438371290  Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.440424N  Longitude: 1.794456W
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
4 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
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Long Tom (Avebury)
Long Tom (Avebury) submitted by ocifant : This looks too clean and angular to be very old. I think the jury is out on this one... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Wiltshire

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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Long Tom (Avebury)
Long Tom (Avebury) submitted by Bladup : Long Tom, i don't think it's that old. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Long Tom (Avebury)
Long Tom (Avebury) submitted by Bladup : The little stone in the foreground and Long Tom in the background were said to have once been the finishing posts for horse races. Long tom does seem a bit big to put up just for that purpose though. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Long Tom (Avebury)
Long Tom (Avebury) submitted by Bladup : Another standing stone found nearby at 145708. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SU1471 : Gallops on Clatford Down by Gareth James
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SU1471 : Gallops, Clatford Down by Michael Graham
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SU1471 : Gallop on Clatford Down by Chris Heaton
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SU1471 : Green Street on Clatford Down by Gareth James
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Re: Long Tom by Blingo_von_Trumpenstein on Monday, 27 June 2016
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Doesn't feel ancient to me. A substantial sarsen pillar but disappointing...
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