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Site name Uley I, Hetty Pegler's Tump, Glo 14

Site number 23

Burial codes 5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5027 5029 5032 5036 5042 5046 5051 5053 5065 5072 5075 5084 5093 5102 5104 5111 5125 5127 5143 5152 5155 5181 5183

3500bc - 2500bc A long cairn covered with a thin earth layer oriented ESE, with a medial wall and offsets in its western end. There was a gallery at the east end with two pairs of chambers and an end chamber. The north chamber had corbelled roofs. Outside the entrance were two skeletons about 0.6-9m above the natural ground, one oriented E and on its right side, and the lower jaws of several wild boars. In the gallery infill were the remains of 6 (another account gives 13) individuals. Of those in the central gallery, two were 0.9m from the entrance, one buried in a squatting posture. A third was in the centre of the gallery, and near some animal bone three a little more to the east, a male, a female and another unsexed, the last interred on the back, head to E, with bones somewhat displaced. The infill of the gallery comprised stones and pottery, charcoal and animal bone. Some skull fragments appeared to show signs of having been cleft.

The south west chamber contained pottery, charcoal and parts of 1 human skeleton. The north west chamber contained 2 human skeletons. The south east chamber had 4 human skeletons, one of a female, charcoal and pottery.

The structure was built from oolitic slabs brought from c3 miles away, Scarth conjectures.

Remains/Period Y5

County Gloucestershire

Region SW

National grid square SO

X coordinate 789

Y coordinate 0

Bibliographic source Thurnam 1854, Scarth 1858, Maclean 1880-81, Clifford 1966

Query

Site name	Uley I, Hetty Pegler's Tump, Glo 14
Site number	23
Burial codes	5005 5009 5021 5023 5025 5027 5029 5032 5036 5042 5046 5051 5053 5065 5072 5075 5084 5093 5102 5104 5111 5125 5127 5143 5152 5155 5181 5183
3500bc - 2500bc	A long cairn covered with a thin earth layer oriented ESE, with a medial wall and offsets in its western end. There was a gallery at the east end with two pairs of chambers and an end chamber. The north chamber had corbelled roofs. Outside the entrance were two skeletons about 0.6-9m above the natural ground, one oriented E and on its right side, and the lower jaws of several wild boars. In the gallery infill were the remains of 6 (another account gives 13) individuals. Of those in the central gallery, two were 0.9m from the entrance, one buried in a squatting posture. A third was in the centre of the gallery, and near some animal bone three a little more to the east, a male, a female and another unsexed, the last interred on the back, head to E, with bones somewhat displaced. The infill of the gallery comprised stones and pottery, charcoal and animal bone. Some skull fragments appeared to show signs of having been cleft. The south west chamber contained pottery, charcoal and parts of 1 human skeleton. The north west chamber contained 2 human skeletons. The south east chamber had 4 human skeletons, one of a female, charcoal and pottery. The structure was built from oolitic slabs brought from c3 miles away, Scarth conjectures.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Gloucestershire
Region	SW
National grid square	SO
X coordinate	789
Y coordinate	0
Bibliographic source	Thurnam 1854, Scarth 1858, Maclean 1880-81, Clifford 1966