This Neolithic long barrow near Uley is shaped like a cross, and was broken into as far back as Roman times
Open accessfree to visit at any reasonable time
Standing remainssubstantial fabric survives to stand in front of
Hester Pegler owned the land here in the 1600s, and the barrow is still called Hetty Pegler’s Tump after her. Built more than five thousand years ago, it has chambers opening off a low central passage that leads to a chamber at the far end. The tomb has been broken into more than once, first in Roman times, when someone left coins and broken pottery inside, and again probably in the Middle Ages. The antiquarian John Thurnam excavated and largely rebuilt the barrow in 1854, and it was patched up again in 1871, 1891 and 1906 — the reason it looks so tidy today. Bones recovered from inside mostly went to Uley’s own churchyard, though two skulls ended up at Guy’s Hospital in London. Nothing is charged for looking round, and there’s no need to book ahead; the passage runs deep enough that you might want a torch for the far end, and the Cotswold Way passes by, with Nympsfield Long Barrow a little further north.
