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Littlestone Dec 3, 2005 11:47:08
Replying to fitzcoraldo

Thanks fitzcoraldo, very interesting, especially the bit about Stanhope White - "This cannot have been a defensive work, and a similar structure in a far better state of preservation exists at Studfold Ring. The name implies an enclosure for horses and the internal ditch can be seen today in many open air zoos."

F fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Dec 3, 2005 14:27:50
Replying to Littlestone

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/7725

Another Studfold, this time on the west coast.

P PeterH
PeterH Dec 3, 2005 15:01:04
Replying to Littlestone

Studfold is from the Anglo-Saxon "stod" meaning a herd of horses. It and its variations of Stotfold and Statfold show that they used old enclosures to corral horses. Similar names occur as Studham - place where horses were bred, Studland - land where horses were kept and Studley - pasture for horses..... There's that ley word again, but no horses galloped in a straight line or were equipped with coat hangers ;o)