204 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 1909 
at the Uley-Bury Tumulus, better known locally as ‘‘ Hetty Pegler’s 
Tump,” we the undersigned beg to report as follows :— 
As desired, we have visited the /ocus in guo, and from a personal 
inspection and inquiry conclude that the writer of the letter was mis- 
informed as to the facts. At Uley-Bury itself there is no tumulus, but 
the tumulus to which the writer refers is situated about half-a-mile 
away to the north of the camp. No quarrying operations of any sort 
appear to have been carried on at this tumulus, and partly owing to 
its natural position and partly to its being protected by Government, it 
is unlikely there ever will be. 
We regret, however, to find that quarrying operations have for 
some years past, and up to the present, been carried on at the outer 
rampart of the well-known camp. A considerable portion of this 
rampart, which guarded the entrance, has been removed in the past, 
and the renewed quarrying is bringing about the destruction of the 
remainder. 
The Camp is the property of the representatives of the late 
Sir Nigel Kingscote, and we are informed that the quarrying is being 
done by a tenant-farmer for the purpose of obtaining stone to mend 
the farm roads. This we consider matter for regret, the more so as 
there is ample stone in the neighbourhood for the purpose required. 
We would suggest that “spoil” be tipped into the present 
excavation as well as into the old one, so as to restore as far as possible 
the original condition of the rampart. 
(Signed) C. UPTON, 
L. RICHARDSON, 
W. THOMPSON. 
It was decided to send the above report to the agent of the 
representatives of the late Sir Nigel Kingscote, and at the same time 
to ask him to use his influence in preventing further damage to the 
Camp at Uley. A desire having been expressed that the help of the 
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archzological Society should be invited 
in order to make the appeal more powerful, Canon Bazeley, the 
President of that Society, said that he had no doubt the appeal would 
be complied with. Referring to the Society which has for its object 
the preservation of ancient monuments, the speaker said that the Act 
of Parliament under which the Society worked was not altogether 
successful, and he might point to the tumulus near Uley-Bury as an 
example of what he meant. There a considerable sum of money was 
spent in putting the tumulus in order, but afterwards it had to look 
after itself. If they could ensure that local owners of ancient monu- 
ments and places would look after them, such a plan would be 
preferable to leaving it to the Government. With regard to the 
quarrying at the Camp, he might say that Members of the Archzological 
Society had visited the place, and efforts had been made to stop the 
quarrying, but so far without success. } 
The next subject considered was that of the preservation of 
Llanthony Priory at Gloucester. In the summer the Club visited the 
