Uley Long Barrow

Uley Long Barrow, also known locally as Hetty Pegler's Tump, is a Neolithic burial mound, near the village of Uley, Gloucestershire, England.

Uley Long Barrow
The entrance to Uley Long Barrow
Type	Transepted gallery grave
Location	Uley
Coordinates	51°41′55″N 2°18′21″W
OS grid reference	SO 78953 00034
Area	Gloucestershire
Built	Prior to 3000 BCE
Owner	English Heritage
Scheduled monument
Official name	Uley long barrow, also known as Hetty Pegler`s Tump, 400m south-east of Knapp Farm House
Designated	21 October 1921
Reference no.	1008195
Location of Uley Long Barrow in Gloucestershire

Details

Although typically described as a long barrow, the mound is actually a transepted gallery grave. It was probably built before 3000 BC.

It measures about 37 metres (121 ft) long, 34 metres (112 ft) wide, and has a maximum height of 3 metres (9.8 ft). It contains a stone-built central passage with two chambers on each side and another at the end. The earthen mound is surrounded by a dry-stone revetting wall.

The barrow was archaeologically excavated in 1821, revealing the remains of fifteen skeletons and a later, intrusive Roman age burial above the northeast chamber. It was excavated again in 1854 by Dr John Thurnham, with subsequent repairs in 1871, 1891 and 1906.

"Tump" is a dialectical term for a small hill or mound of earth, and the tump is nicknamed after Hester, wife of the 17th-century landowner Henry Pegler. Hester died in 1694, and Henry in 1695. It is clearly signposted from the side of the nearby Crawley Hill (B4066 road) between Uley and Nympsfield. It is about 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) south of Nympsfield Long Barrow.

The barrow was reopened in 2011 after a short closure for essential health and safety work.

End chamber inside the barrow

See also

• List of English Heritage properties

External links

• Megalithic Portal: Hetty Peglers Tump
• English Heritage: Hetty Pegler's Tump
• Visions of the Past: Uley Long Barrow photographs