Hetty Pegler's Tump: 'Uley Long Barrow' in the Cotswolds Reveals Her Megalithic Secrets

Описание: Subscribe to our channel at    / megalithomaniauk  . Presented by Hugh Newman with exclusive aerial footage. Hetty Pegler's Tump, also called Uley Long Barrow is a neolithic chambered tomb in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire. It has massive stones and once had 5 chambers, two now destroyed.It orients east-west so could be aligned to the Equinoxes and is known as a 'fertility site' where even today, couples go there to frolic. It is 120 ft long and overlooks the Severn Valley. It is named after Hester Pegler, the wife of the owner of the land in the 17th century. Twenty three skeletons have been recovered from the burial mound over the years. Two skulls went to Guy’s Hospital in London, but it is said that most of the bones were reburied in Uley churchyard. It has suffered considerably from vandalism and casual excavation. Coins and pieces of broken pot found inside the barrow indicate that it was opened in Roman times. It was probably broken into again in the Middle Ages and damaged further in the 19th century. The barrow as seen today is largely the result of the excavation and reconstruction undertaken by Dr John Thurnham in 1854 and subsequent repairs in 1871, 1891 and 1906.

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