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Submitted by TimPrevett on Friday, 12 August 2011  Page Views: 42846

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hetty Pegler's Tump Alternative Name: Uley Long Barrow, Hetty Peglar's Tump
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Passage Grave
Nearest Town: Stroud  Nearest Village: Uley
Map Ref: SO78960003  Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.698617N  Longitude: 2.30583W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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fmrrs visited on 19th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Access: 4

woodini254 visited on 6th May 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Hetty Peglers Tump or Uleybury Long Barrow can be accessed by parking by the side of the road with a short walk across a field, when I last went the the entrance was locked but I understand that there is now access to the interior which from a visit in the 1990's is very impressive but you will need to crouch really low to enter.

Phillwhite visited on 24th Oct 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 I got some serious odd vibes off this place like something didn't want me to go in... I didn't!

oldman visited on 23rd Nov 2018 Difficult to get a sense of the layout from pictures until you go inside and find there is no one place to get a good photo.

Jansold visited on 2nd Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Park in the layby 200m to the south of the footpath to the site on the B4066

SimonBlackmore visited on 25th Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

drolaf visited on 28th Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

lichen visited on 29th Jul 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5

custer visited on 2nd Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Lovely site well protected from the field, some good tree management nearby, shame someone has marked their name on the entry stone.

MartinWare visited on 13th Mar 2013 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 A lovely visit. Easily accessed by parking opposite (taking care not to block field entrance or Gateway of substation). Information signs provided by English Heritage. Litter free site, well looked after. The wood behing had recently been coppiced at the upper edge. I would recommend, if anyone is planning a visit here, that they can do this, Nympsfield Long Barrow, Soldiers Grave, Minchinhampton Long Stone and The Tinglestone all in the same half day at a leisurely pace by pre-planning their route well. Will definately return this spring / summer.

paulinelen visited on 29th Feb 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

4clydesdale7 visited on 28th May 2011 - their rating: Amb: 1 Access: 4 This came as an awful shock - I have an idea that there was muddled thinking by local government - and we have the gall to criticise 19th century tomb hunters

TheWhiteRider visited on 21st Jun 2010 - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 4 The chamber was filled in on our visit

meandering_morleys visited on 22nd Aug 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Closed off. Can't wait for restoration!

TheCaptain visited on 14th Apr 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 March 2009 and Hetty Pegler`s Tump was closed and sealed off to the public, due to concerns over its safety, with the internal drystone walling collapsing due to vandalism and the weight of the capstones resting on these walls since the 19th century reconstruction. Scaffolding has been used to prop up the chambers, and the entrance passage and courtyard sealed and filled with earth.

graemefield visited on 1st Jun 1990 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

SumDoood visited on 1st Jan 1964 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

coin visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4

NickyD visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

bishop_pam visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4

NDM Geojazz Humbucker DrewParsons SteveJJones mdensham have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.94 Ambience: 4.11 Access: 4.06

Hetty Pegler's Tump
Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 : Marvellous it looks as though the restoration work has been completed - Hetty may now get some well deserved rest - photo taken 9-07-2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Gallery Grave in Gloucestershire. Often described as a long barrow, Hetty Pegler's Tump is actually a trancepted gallery grave consisting of a passage with 2 chambers on either side and an end chamber, covered by a mound 36m by 25m.

To the east of the mound is a deep forecourt. The barrow is reputedly named after Hester Peggler, the land owner’s wife in the 17th century.

Note: Hetty Pegler's Tump has reopened to the public after two years of repairs. See latest comments for link to BBC Video
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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by howe : Hetty Pegler's Tump. View from the entrance the interior of the chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by howe : Hetty Pegler's Tump (Uley) in 1972. The filling of the entrance to the site to avoid vandalism is similar to the reason that Notgrove is no longer in its original state. When this photo was taken the wooden door to the chamber required a key. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by Jimwithnoname : Now re-opened and full of beautiful crispy brown leaves blown in from the wind. Like a carpet. Lovely. I managed to catch the last of the light at sunset. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by howe : Hetty pegler's Tump. View looking out from the interior 1972 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by TimPrevett : Hetty Pegler's Tump approaching sunset Saturday 25th February 2012. A magical afternoon in intoxicating sunshine and warmth for a February day! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by Humbucker : Hetty Peglars Tump from the North showing some of the incursions & intrusions into the mound, including a Roman era burial I think!

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by Humbucker : Hetty Peglers Tump through the thorn bushes.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by DrewParsons : September 2011.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by DrewParsons : View towards the end chamber of the restored site. September 2011.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by DrewParsons : The entrance to the tomb. September 2011.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by enkidu41 : SO 789001 Technically, a transepted gallery grave having a 21' long passage with 2 chambers on either side. The chambers on the north side have been sealed off. This shot is taken from the back of the rearmost south chamber.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by Horatio : A very atmospheric bartow to be in, on par with WKLB in my mind (neither quite on par with Halliggye Fogou) This is looking down the central passage from the end chamber towards the entrance, the two constricting stones can be seen casting the dark shadows.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by Horatio : This is the view looking out of the first left chamber into the central passage showing the two constricting stones that are catching the sunlight from the tomb entrance. Beyond these two stones to the left of the picture, is the second left (southern) chamber, the end chamber and what would've been one of the northern chambers, the other (northern chamber) being opposite this chamber I am in, b...

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by tjhavenith : The sign points the way!

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by HarryTwenty : Lots of leaves inside.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by Humbucker : Hetty Pellers Tump. One of the first burial sites I visited & still one of my favourites - love this place. Always seems forgotten except for a few dogwalkers!

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by AngieLake : I believe there was a rough lay-by opposite here on a bend in the road. One could see traffic coming either way from there, unlike the silly place I parked between Uley Bury and here, on a straight stretch on the right-hand side. This entailed a longer walk and the road can be quite busy.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by AngieLake : Approaching the tump along the track around the side of the field.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by AngieLake : A view back along the pathway to the Tump from above the large entrance stone.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by AngieLake : We have so many looking at the Tump I thought I'd take this looking out of the entrance passage.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by coin : Within the tump. (1 comment)

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by rockmanzym : HPT View towards entrance. Uley Long Barrow "Hetty Pegler's Tump" Image copyright: Rockman of Zymurgy, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by custer : Lovely site area being well managed shame some people cant treat these sites a bit more gracefully.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by paulinelen : Taken from the entrance once I struggled back to my feet. Very atmospheric.

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Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by paulinelen : This gets harder each time - the carpet of leaves is lovely. People seem to have been setting candles on ledges again judging by the sooty marks.

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Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump by tjhavenith on Thursday, 19 July 2018
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I took some 360 photos during a recent visit:


The following photo was taken from the top of the long barrow:
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Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump by tjhavenith on Tuesday, 12 June 2018
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Unfortunately the BBC video doesn't seem to be available anymore. I've found this video about the site by MegalithomaniaUK:

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Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump from a history of Uley by AngieLake on Thursday, 07 March 2013
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In 'Uley - A Cotswold Village' [1983], a book I'm currently using for Celtic sanctuary research (see Angieweekender's remark of 25.07.2011 about a temple excavation locally - that is not me, btw!).. I found this excerpt describing Hetty Pegler's Tump:

‘Hetty Pegler’s Tump’ (officially Uley Tumulus), situated between West Hill and the Bury, is one of the best preserved of the 85 or so Neolithic galleried graves (long barrows) built along the escarpment in Gloucestershire. A tomb such as this, in which large numbers of people were buried over a long period of time, would need about 5000 tons of limestone to be removed and probably required 100 men to work for two years.

The tumulus is about 120 feet long by 84 feet broad, and lies east-west. It was first officially excavated in 1821 by Dr. Fry and Mr. J. T. Lloyd Baker, who published views and plans, and then by Dr. Thurnam, and Professor Freeman in 1854. Over the four or five thousand millennia since the tumulus was built it had been considerably damaged and ransacked; the ‘finds’ in 1821 consisted of only two skeletons and the bones of wild boars. Sophisticated modern archaeological techniques would no doubt have been a great deal more productive!"

"New immigrants from the Low Countries arrived by way of south-east England and the south-west, bringing the distinctive pottery which gave them their name of the “Beaker people”. They also introduced copper working, and weaving, and buried their dead in ‘round barrows’, most of which have disappeared, though there are possible sites in Nympsfield and Owlpen, very close to Uley.”
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Re: BBC Video inside the newly restored Hetty Pegler's Tump by angieweekender on Friday, 12 August 2011
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thanks mike that was amazing inside! what is always so incredible that the neolithic peeps could build like that and not build domestic space for themselves- what a consciousness!
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    Re: BBC Video inside the newly restored Hetty Pegler's Tump by 4clydesdale7 on Friday, 08 March 2013
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    I am a little concerned by your comment 'could ..... not build domestic space for themselves' -

    These people did build domestic space for themselves - it is unfortunate for us that they built with less resilient materials (thatch, wood, wattle and daub) for their domestic use than they did for their burials commemorative or monumental use (stone) - but that is the way it is with most if not all earthly societies -

    Sphinxes, Ancient Temples for most ancient religions, Pyramids (not just the Egyptian variety) Long and Round Barrows still exist today but very few homes hovels farms etc from the same era do - the only domestic 'structure' with any resilience was the cave!

    And there are quite a few of those in the Wye Valley just across the Severn and (although I disagree with our Victorian forbears about the pits on Stinchcome Hill - just down the road) they at one time lived in thatched pits - people were originally nomadic - their domestic premises were tents and even today most peoples' houses are temporary - people still 'move on'

    So there are some substantial 'piles' in Gloucestershire, but the vast majority of houses/flats have only been built in the last 50 years and many, less than 100yrs old, were demolished to make way for the urban sprawl -

    The recent restorative work on HPT cost a fortune (no complaint from me) but how many houses could have been built for the same amount - life just does not change really
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BBC Video inside the newly restored Hetty Pegler's Tump by MikeAitch on Thursday, 11 August 2011
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The Neolithic burial site in Gloucestershire has been reopened to the public after two years of repairs. Uley Long Barrow, known as Hetty Pegler's Tump, was closed while urgent structural work was carried out.

Structural damage to the interior dry stone walls of the burial chamber had left it in an unsafe condition. English Heritage has overseen the work by contractors to restore the 120ft (37m) long monument, which dates back to 3200BC, Steve Knibbs reports:

BBC Video (1.44mins)
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Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump by angieweekender on Wednesday, 10 August 2011
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it is generally thought that the neolithic communites practiced ancestor worship. Often the dead were exposed and then the bones collected and placed within the long barrows. There is alot of hard evidence for these practices set out in this book
http://www.amazon.co.uk/People-Long-Barrows-Earlier-Neolithic/dp/0752447335/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312958479&sr=1-1

There was a timber structure which was pre roman at West Hill-
The iron age deity to whom the Sanctuary was dedicated is Cernnunos, the Horned God, who is depicted on the Gundestrop cauldron. The Roman deity was Mercury. The finds from Uley Temple excavations are in the British Museum.
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Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump by MikeAitch on Monday, 08 August 2011
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Gloucestershire ancient burial site reopens after work

An ancient burial site which dates back thousands of years has been reopened to the public after two years of repairs.

Uley Long Barrow in Gloucestershire, known as Hetty Pegler's Tump, was closed while urgent structural work was carried out at the Neolithic site.

Structural damage to the interior dry stone walls of the burial chamber had left it in an unsafe condition.

English Heritage has overseen the work to restore the 120ft (37m) long monument which dates back to 3200BC.

Mark Badger, from English Heritage, said: "We are delighted that this very significant Long Barrow is once again open to visitors.

"The archaeological investigations carried out during the urgent works by the Cotswold Archaeology team have also confirmed the original plan of the burial chambers which were excavated in both 1821 and in 1854."

Samples of original Neolithic mound material will now be taken away for analysis in a bid to establish a more accurate date.

The scheduled monument is managed by Gloucestershire County Council on behalf of English Heritage and is named after Hester Pegler, the 17th century owner of the field in which it sits.

It is one of a series of ancient stone structures known as the Cotswold-Severn barrow group, sited near Dursley and overlooking the Severn Valley.

Very little is known about who was buried there other than that they were from some of the first settled farming communities.

From BBC News Gloucestershire
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Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump by angieweekender on Monday, 25 July 2011
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The area around Uley is an ancient sacred landscape. I was first went to Hetty Peglers Tump in 1977, when I became a field archaeologist and had a job as a site assistant at Uley Temple excavation. There is a continuity within this landscape for ritual and sacred use. I think maybe that was why the Tump has been givena dual name(still marked on maps withits local name).
My best memory is of walking back up the hill from the village pub(after a few pints of 6X and then sitting on the Tump in the full moonlight). There is an atmosphere, a sense of place there- the whole place is worth visiting and not just the inside of of the Tump, -Uley Bury, West Hill where there was likely some type of Iron Age sanctuary to Cernunnos.
I allow myself to sense the antiquity of the landscape.
When I visit bronze age barrows, where it is it not possible to go inside but to sit on top of it, the atmosphere can be amazing. The other place I get this is at Maiden Castle, Thomas Hardy also recognized it.
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Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump by Anonymous on Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Anyone know if it's open yet? Dying to go, was so disppointed last time.
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Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump by 4clydesdale7 on Sunday, 03 July 2011
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Breezed past the old girl's grave this evening - the Tomb Buster fairground ride and the ticket office have been removed but the public toilets remain - the tomb still looks a little sorry - but hey they're starting to put things back! However there is an ugly bit of concrete (with part of a drainage pipe incorporated) sitting on the top of the mound. It could be progress.
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Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump - Pastscape Entry by Anonymous on Tuesday, 14 June 2011
I went there a year ago, unknowing of the damage and subsequent closure. I knew what the entrance looked like and stood there like a dummy in the middle of the field looking around gormlessly for it. Then I spotted the notice of closure. Gutting.
Now knowing what the actual damage was, I am even more appalled. Why on earth would anyone dig under the fragile drystone? (Did they have a deathwish?!)
I am looking forward to going there again; hopefully the repair schedule is on track for later this summer.
I have to take issue with CClydesdale's post,however. well, the 'official vanda,lism' s he puts it, is only a necessity because of the thoughtless vandalism of idiots and even of those who profess to have an 'affinity' to these sites, but draw innapropriate symbols on the walls, fill them with rubbish such as burnt candles, and light fires that destroy stones and so on.
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    Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump - Pastscape Entry by 4clydesdale7 on Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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    I have absolutely no problem with your taking issue with my comments but I am disappointed with the fact that you do. The Official Notices at the site effectively provide a schedule of works - very very few have anything to do with candles rubbish graffiti etc - under the guise 'we are trying to protect our heritage', the works are essentially a costly major rebuild probably aimed at providing yet another target for Vandals (or are they Visigoths!). I fear that EH and GCC lost a sense of proportion. Marks out of 100 - GCC: Enthusiasm 95% Application 5% Method 5% Cost Immeasurable - ridiculously high. After the major rebuild reality and authenticity will have disappeared. So the final mark for retaining the Integrity of the site the lowest 0%. This could end up as Gloucestershire's homespun rival to Disneyland!
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      Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump - Pastscape Entry by TheCaptain on Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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      I am not sure of your point 4clydesdale7. Would you prefer it was still all blocked off and inaccessible? Or do you think it should have stayed open, while the Victorian repairs crumble, and more and more of the place gets vandalised, with stones removed for neopagan ceremonies?

      The fact that somebody (GCC, EH whoever) has found both time and money to effect repairs seems to be quite remarkable in this day and age, and should be welcomed wholeheartedly.
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        Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump - Pastscape Entry by 4clydesdale7 on Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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        PS Captain - as you well know HPT has been renamed by EH, ULEY Long Barrow - Uley is much better known these days for the production of its Brewery - I will gladly buy you a pint or two when you are next in the area - cheers
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        Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump - Pastscape Entry by h_fenton on Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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        Well if EH and GCC have the money and more importantly the will to do something, maybe they could look at Notgrove Wot Not too.
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      Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump - Pastscape Entry by 4clydesdale7 on Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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      I cannot see any logic in the notion that if you rebuild,restore or refurbish a site then somehow (1) you stop it being vandalised or even (2) you stop elsewhere being vandalised. You could perhaps suggest a 24hr surveillance on HPT but that will not stop the problem moving to say the next door site at Nympsfield.
      Victorians plundered tombs for many reasons other than knowledge. Are they not just vandals in another way? Why has it suddenly become fashionable to try (hopelessly) to 'undo' what they did. Should museums give their artifacts back - if so what would our loss be?
      Nympsfield, the subject of misguided 1960s/70s restoration (and tidying up for 'Joe Public') is a classic case - it is not even a shadow of its former glory - just an open trench that has stones in the bottom so Joe Public does not get his feet wet when he vandalises it but that probably causes less damage than rain and frost let in by those who removed the roof. If there was a puddle there would someone stand in the puddle and get his feet wet just to place some obscenity on the wall?
      Furthermore vandalism in whatever guise you perceive it just generates more vandalism. EH and GCC are doing far more than just 'repairs' - they are taking it apart stone by stone - what a great way of clearing candles rubbish and graffiti - expensive too. How long will it be before 'Kilroy' arrives back at the site courtesy of the moving hand (with felt tip) who having written moves on?
      However what about the actions of farmers? In my recent surveys they seem to be doing more harm than Victorians Souvenir Hunters Paleontologists Walkers with hobnail boots etc. Look at my photos of Starveall and College Plantation. (aside - no - they're Visigoths on Tractors!!)
      Oh! Oh! Thrice woe or should that be 'owe'
      I welcome the discussion - anyone else like to join in?
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Re: Hetty Pegler's Tump - Pastscape Entry by Anonymous on Sunday, 29 May 2011
Visited this site when I was on a school trip in +/-1974? The door shown in one of the photos was accessed by a key left in a wooden box on the wall of house nearby, a small donation was left and in you went, somehow very practical, sensible and English! When I visited again in the eighties I was dissapointed to find it was now, officially "Uley long Barrow" and the door was gone which had the same effect as removing the front door of a house-a complete change in atmosphere, but maybe this was the difference between being 10ish and 28ish!
A shame about the thoughtless vandalism(not quite sure what flowers, candles and cans of strong lager have to with spiritualism, but pulling the wall apart!!?!), but it couldn't have happened if the key system was still in place. "The old ways are the best" :-)
Still my favourite barrow,
Rufus
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Hetty Pegler's Tump - Pastscape Entry by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 24 May 2011
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Hetty Pegler's Tump - Open? by TimPrevett on Sunday, 22 May 2011
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Anyone know if this is still closed off?
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Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by Anonymous on Saturday, 25 April 2009
I wrote the post back on 20th May 2008 - reassured to see it had some resonance with others. Very sad that the site is now completely inaccessible.
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Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by Anonymous on Friday, 06 March 2009
Anyone else fancy creating a megalithic vigilante organisation? We could patrol our ancient sacred sites looking for vandals and then string them up at the slightest suggestion of damage. Sacred sites are far more important to me than the lives of desecrators - I will be first to slap the horse . . .
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    Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by Anonymous on Thursday, 12 March 2009
    A brilliant idea but all you have to do with these nutters....the crazed, plastic sandal-wearing, dope-smoking, dreadlocked vegans and earth mystery morons.... is stop their dole, then they'll be too busy working to play silly buggers at megalithic sites.
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      Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by coldrum on Sunday, 21 March 2010
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      I know people who are vegans, pagans, new agers, and into earth mysteries and also a few who do partake of mind altering substances. None of them is on the dole. They all work. Check your facts before you post.
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        Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by coldrum on Sunday, 21 March 2010
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        Just a point. Stringing someone up would be considered murder. While I care a lot about ancient sites vandalism is not as serious a crime as murder, rape and child abuse.
        I would like to see our ancient sites get more protection from vandals. But also many of our ancient sites are being damaged and destroyed by local councils up and down the country.
        This is one of biggest threats to our heritage.
        It also might be of interest to note that there are some pagans out there who look after out of the way sites as unofficial guardians.
        Maybe there is someone out there willing to look after this site.
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          Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by nicoladidsbury on Sunday, 21 March 2010
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          Thank goodness you posted a sane reply Coldrum. Hate filled posts are disturbing to read. Thank you.
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Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by graemefield on Wednesday, 04 March 2009
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It is sad that because of a few moronic individuals, this site is now closed for the forseeable future. This is sadly necessary to prevent further damage by people who hold no respect for ancient monuments, it is even more upsetting for those of us who have a genuine interest in the past. Im glad i visited this site back in the eighties, before the days of "tealights and trash offferings"
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Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by Anonymous on Wednesday, 04 March 2009
From the earlier report: "This is, in part, due to the instability caused by people re-arranging/removing parts of the interior stone wall in order to create nooks into which candles or offerings can be placed." New age idiots please take note.

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Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 03 March 2009
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Hetty Pegler`s Tump has now been closed and sealed off to the public, due to concerns over its safety, with the internal drystone walling collapsing due to vandalism and the weight of the capstones resting on these walls since the 19th century reconstruction.

Scaffolding has been used to prop up the chambers, and the entrance passage and courtyard sealed and filled with earth.

see here for the update from the local parish council.
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Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by Anonymous on Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Uley is one of the latest Neolithic monuments to be badly damaged by those who visit it. Candle wax and soot stain the interior and many metal tealight bases litter the floor and walls. If fact, much of the interior of the chamber is now inaccessible and has been filled with wooden scaffold to support it. This is, in part, due to the instability caused by people re-arranging/removing parts of the interior stone wall in order to create nooks into which candles or offerings can be placed.

If you genuinely care for these monuments and hold genuine respect for those who built them, then stop destroying them in this way! Muppets.
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Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by Anonymous on Wednesday, 30 January 2008
It was a wonderful experience to view the tomb...i was visiting family and upon hearing that i was interested in archeaology they took me there. It was very damp, from all the summer rain, and I found the chambers blocked off. But still I was amazed that i could see such a fasinating piece of history. I found 2p and left some american coins in its place.
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Re: Hetty Pegler`s Tump by Vicky on Tuesday, 27 August 2002
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This is a fantastic tomb and a visit here can be easily combined with one to the Nympsfield barrow which is just down the road. The entrance is quite low making it good for children but a bit of a crawl for adults.

On a recent visit we found signs of candle soot on the stones along with a number of offerings including carrots (both fresh and frozen!) and a bangle. The noticeboard had also been etched with the words 'Hi Julian'.
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