| Uley Long Barrow | |
|---|---|
 The entrance to Uley Long Barrow | |
| Type | Transeptedgallery grave |
| Location | Uley |
| Coordinates | 51°41′55″N2°18′21″W / 51.698652°N 2.3059025°W /51.698652; -2.3059025 |
| OS grid reference | SO 78953 00034 |
| Area | Gloucestershire |
| Built | Prior to 3000 BCE |
| Owner | English Heritage |
| 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 | |
Uley Long Barrow, also known locally asHetty Pegler's Tump, is aNeolithicburial mound, near the village ofUley,Gloucestershire, England.
Although typically described as along barrow, the mound is actually a transeptedgallery grave. It was probably built before 3000 BC.[1]
It measures about 37 metres (121 ft) long, 34 metres (112 ft) wide, and has a maximum height of 3 metres (9.8 ft).[2] 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-stonerevetting wall.
The barrow wasarchaeologically excavated in 1821, revealing the remains of fifteen skeletons and a later, intrusiveRoman age burial above the northeast chamber. It was excavated again in 1854 by Dr John Thurnham, with subsequent repairs in 1871, 1891 and 1906.[3]
"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 andNympsfield. It is about 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) south ofNympsfield Long Barrow.
The barrow was reopened in 2011 after a short closure for essentialhealth and safety work.
