The antiquarian John Aubrey noted the existence of Little Kit's Coty in his unpublished "Monumenta Britannica", having been informed of its existence by classical scholar Thomas Gale. It was also investigated and detailed by fellow antiquarian William Stukeley, who noted that it was once a chambered tomb in his posthumously published "Itinerarium Curiosum" of 1776. Stukeley had been informed that many of the stones in the monument had been pulled down in the late 17th century. By the early 19th century, the site was being erroneously associated with the ancient druids, and by the middle of the century was associated with the folkloric tale of the countless stones, thus gaining the actual moniker of "the Countless Stones". In 1887, it became a scheduled ancient monument.