- Fairy Toot
Infobox Megalith
Name = Fairy Toot
Photo =
Type = oval barrow
Country =England
County =Somerset
Nearest Town =Bristol
Nearest Village =Nempnett Thrubwell
Grid_ref_UK = ST520618
Grid_ref_Ireland =
Coor = coord|51.353236|N|2.690674|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title
Condition = 3
Access = 4
References = Megalithic Portal|5270The Fairy Toot (gbmapping|ST520618) is an extensive oval barrow in the village ofNempnett Thrubwell ,Somerset It was formerly a chambered
cairn which is aScheduled Ancient Monument , on the national monument register as '22826'. [cite web | title=The Fairy Toot long barrow 350 m SSW of Howgrove Farm | work=English Heritage's Record of Scheduled Monuments | url=http://www.magic.gov.uk/rsm/22826.pdf | accessdate=2006-05-12] The Fairy Toot south-southwest of Howgrove Farm is a mound 60 m long, 25 m wide and now 2.5 m high, retained by a stone wall. Its summit is covered with ash trees and shrubs. [cite web | title=Fairy Toot | url=http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/21791 | accessdate=2006-05-12] Formerly it was considerably higher. On being opened in 1789 and essentially destroyed, it was found to contain two rows of cells, running from south to north, formed by immense stones set edgeways, and covered by others of larger dimensions. At the time it was conjectured to be a work of theDruid s, but its origins are far older and probably date from the Neolithic period. [cite web | title=Nempnett Thrubwell | work=GENUKI | url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/NempnettThrubwell/ | accessdate=2006-05-12]Wade and Wade in their 1929 book "Somerset" described it as "a remarkably fine tumulus of masonry, said to have been one of the finest in Britain, in the chambers of which skeletons have been discovered. A few vestiges of it now only remain, the rest has been used as a lime-kiln." [gutenberg|no=12287|name=Somerset by Wade, G.W. & Wade, J.H.]
The site was visited in the past as it was known as a place for curing
warts .cite book |title=Curiosities of Somerset |last=Leete-Hodge |first=Lornie |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1985 |publisher=Bossiney Books |location=Bodmin |isbn=0906456983 |pages=20 ]References
External links
* [http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/23393 The Modern Antiquarian:] Fairy Toot
* [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5270 The Fairy Toot]
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