The Toots
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Aerial view at an angle
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Vertical aerial view
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The Toots (also called King's Stanley or King's Stanley I) are the remains of a large, not systematically excavated Long Barrow on the 210 m high Cotswold slopes of Selsley Common, east of the hamlet of King's Stanley, southwest of Stroud in Gloucestershire , England . The long hill lies on the north-western summit of a prominent ridge that forms the watershed between the numerous tributaries of the Nailsworth Stream and the Frome (also known as the Stroudwater).
Around 500 Long Barrows and Cairns , (their mountain counterparts), are recorded nationwide. The approximately 73.1 m long, 27.4 m wide and 3.5 m high long hill survived as a rectangular hill with an undulating profile. It was the subject of numerous early partial excavations that left a profile that resembles two hills. During an excavation in 1880, parts of a stone-built chamber and a burial were discovered.
It may be "The Toots" ( German Up Baby ) named because of a depression in the middle, which makes it look as if it consists of two closely adjacent hills.
literature
- Timothy C. Darvill: Megalithic chambered tombs of the Cotswold-Severn Region. An assessment of certain architectural elements and their relation to ritual practice and Neolithic society . Vorda, Highworth 1982, ISBN 0-907246-04-4 ( Vorda research series 5).
- Timothy C. Darvill: Long barrows of the Cotswolds and surrounding areas . Stroud, Tempus, 2004. ISBN 0752429078
- Frances Lynch: Megalithic tombs and Long Barrows in Britain . Shire, Princes Risborough 1997, ISBN 0-7478-0341-2 ( Shire archeology 73).
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Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 34.7 " N , 2 ° 15 ′ 5" W.