Hetty Pegler's Tump (Uley Long Barrow)
Uley Long Barrow · Hetty Pegler's Tump
Early Neolithic·Cotswold-Severn·🇬🇧 Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
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About Hetty Pegler's Tump (Uley Long Barrow)
Neolithic chambered long barrow on the Cotswold escarpment at Uley, built c.3750 BCE by the Cotswold-Severn tradition. The 37 m mound with horned forecourt contains transepted chambers with stone cists. Excavated by Crawford, Evans, and Clifford (1930s), it held 15 skulls and cremations. Reconstructed dry-stone walls and roof preserve the mound as one of the best accessible Cotswold-Severn tombs.
Why it mattersNeolithic chambered long barrow on the Cotswold escarpment at Uley, built c.3750 BCE by the Cotswold-Severn tradition. The 37 m mound with horned forecourt contains transepted chambers with stone cists. Excavated by Craw
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Orientation to Severn Valley views
Theories
- 01Antechamber as excarnation area
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3750 BCE
- Period
- Early Neolithic
- Culture
- Cotswold-Severn
- Purpose
- Chambered long barrow with transepted chambers
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3750 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1038 CE
Rediscovery
On the ground
Structures & features
51.6987° N · 2.3052° W · 215 m · 2 mapped features
Transepted burial chambers
chamberFour side chambers and terminal chamber off central passage, 15 interments
51.6987° N · 2.3052° WHorned forecourt and mound
facadeHorned façade and 37 m trapezoidal mound with dry-stone revetments
51.6987° N · 2.3053° W
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