Fairy Toot
The protected Fairy Toot (also called Nempnett Thrubwell) is a Cotswold Severn Tomb near Nempnett Thrubwell or Butcombe in northern Somerset in England .
The once massive, north-south oriented, trapezoidal long hill has been almost completely destroyed. Originally it was over 2.5 m high, about 60 m long and 25 m wide. What remained is a largely flattened hill, in the middle of which are the remains of a sheep pen or the like, which was probably built from the stones of the megalithic complex.
At the northern end, a small part of the original complex has been preserved. The approximately 2 m high remains are recognizable as the outside of a dry stone wall. The remains of the chamber access may also have survived, but it is equally possible that these structures are modern in nature.
During the destructive excavations in 1787 and 1835 by pastors Thomas Bere and John Skinner (1772–1839), evidence of a gallery with several chambers was discovered and skeletal remains were found.
literature
- Timothy Darvill: Long barrows of the Cotswolds and surrounding areas. Stroud, Tempus, 2004.
- Richard Dunn: Nempnett Thrubwell: Barrows, Names and Manors. Nempnett Books, 2004, ISBN 0-9548614-0-X , pp. 33-62.
Web links
- Fairy Toot . In: National Monuments Record . English Heritage . Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- Description Engl. and pictures
- Description Engl. and picture
Coordinates: 51 ° 21 ′ 11.5 " N , 2 ° 41 ′ 23.8" W.