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Round Barrow(s)
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This link at South Glos. Council takes you to a leaflet describing a walk round Alveston. It briefly mentions the barrow and suggests that the name derives from 'Alwihs Stone', perhaps a (prehistoric) megalithic stone. Then again, their are historical documents that have another Alveston in Warwickshire once being 'Eanulfeston' (Eanwulf's stone). I think I prefer the (surely not completely stupid) suggestion of 'Elf's stone'. But Alaric Hall's essay (appendix 2) puts paid to that, unfortunately.
http://www.alarichall.org.uk/ahphdful.pdf
The fact that the barrow is next to Vattingstone Lane - doesn't that point to a stone as well? It's all very mysterious.
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Posted by Rhiannon
17th April 2008ce
Edited 17th April 2008ce
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