1. Tump; 2. Hetty Pegler's Tump
TUMP
charcoal | 11" x 14" | 2006 | £80
#P41 A3 & A4
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HETTY PEGLER'S TUMP
oil on canvas | 12" x 16" | 2004 | £NFS
#P13 A4
HETTY
PEGLER'S TUMP (aka ULEY LONG BARROW), GLOS
A beautiful Cotswold chambered tomb with its covering
mound still intact. This mound measures 120’ by
80’ and was thought to be natural until plundered
for road building materials in the early 1800s. This
caused severe damage to the 2 north chambers, which
remain sealed, although crawling then stooping down the
20’ long covered passageway you can still gain
access to the 2 southern chambers and the chamber at the
passage’s end. Excavations in 1821 following the
discovery revealed at least 15 skeletons and in 1854 up
to 9 more were uncovered. 2 burials have been found just
outside the entrance along with boars’ jawbones. Its
name derives from the C17th landowner’s wife, Hester
Peggler, who lived and died in ignorance as to the
mound’s true nature.
OS: SO.789.000 On the west of the B4066 between Uley and
Stroud in Gloucestershire. Though the signpost from the
north does direct you to the adjacent field.