Folklore

The King Stone
Standing Stone / Menhir

A local saying (mentioned in the ‘Reader’s Digest Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain’) is: “There are enough witches in Long Compton to draw a load of hay up Long Compton Hill.”

Long Compton Hill is, I take it, the rise on which the stones lie, and from which the King was challenged to spot the village by the bad witch in the story.