Uley Bury
Uley Bury is the long, flat-topped hill just outside Uley, Gloucestershire, England. It is an impressive multi-vallate, scarp-edge Iron Age hill fort dating from around 300 B.C. Standing some 750 feet above sea level it has views over the Severn Vale.Photo: Edward J. Burrow, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: hillfort in Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Uley Bury camp”, “Uley Bury Camp”, and “Uleybury”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Giles and Uley Long Barrow.
Uley Long Barrow
Archaeological site
Photo: Martinevans123, Public domain.
The Uley Long Barrow, also known locally as Hetty Pegler's Tump, is a Neolithic burial mound near the village of Uley, Gloucestershire, England.
Coaley Wood Quarries
Forest
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coaley Wood Quarries is a 4.85-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. The quarries lie within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shadwell and Woodmancote.
Shadwell
Hamlet
Uley is a village and civil parish in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Elcombe and Shadwell and Bencombe, all to the south of the village of Uley, and the hamlet of Crawley to the north.
Woodmancote
Hamlet
Photo: richard ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woodmancote is a settlement which adjoins Dursley in Gloucestershire, England. St Mark's Church which is the locality closed for regular services in 2023. It is grade II listed building. Woodmancote is situated 2 miles southwest of Uley Bury.
Uley Bury
- Categories: partial contour fort, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: Uley, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.68855° or 51° 41′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.31314° or 2° 18′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C3VMMQP+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2818249891OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q7878866
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