lO PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 



From the camp the members made a short descent into 

 the adjacent Coaley Wood, being shown an interesting 

 quarry wherein Mr Ruckman (h-ew attention to the Upper 

 Trigonia grit — resting upon the lower beds of Inferior 

 OoHte, the bearing of which he explained later. They 

 were also being shown the cephalopoda bed in this 

 locality, when the Secretary's whistle hurried them to the 

 next item in the programme. 



I'his was a visit to the famous long barrow of Uley 

 Bury, locally known as "Hetty Pegler's Tum])." It is one 

 of the few long tumuli in Britain which have been opened 

 and yet preserved in their original condition ; and those 

 members who for the first time crawled through its 

 narrow entrance, and then in stooping ])osture, and with 

 lighted tapers, explored its chambers, expressed their 

 gratification that such an interesting memorial of far-o(T 

 days is protected under the Ancient Monuments' Act, 

 mingled with their rc^gret that there is not sufficient 

 scientific enthusiasm in this country to keep these 

 monuments in a condition, such as obtains in b"ranc(^ in 

 like circumstances. 



Half-a-mile to the north, at Nympsfield, is another 

 barrow of similar typ(\ which was opened bv the 

 C.otteswold Club in 1862, and described in the (>lub"s 

 Proceedings by the late Professor Buckman ; but this is 

 now minus its roof and covering earth-mound. Since the 

 last visit of the Club to these tumuli, anthropology has 

 made enormous strides, and very much light lias been 

 thrown upon the history of the men who made these 

 early Cotteswold burial-|)laces. Seating themselves upon 

 the dry greensward of the Uley barrow, the |)arty listened 

 to a short paper by Mr Sawyer. He pointed out that the 

 first fact to note about the tumulus is that there can be no 

 doubt as to its relative age. Near its highest part, and 

 about six inches below the surface, was found a skeleton, 

 with which were three Roman coins. If the coins mav 



