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But as I mentioned earlier - Wallbury Camp on the Herts Essex boder has no walls as such, but it does have ramparts or banks. Its earliest recorded name is Walla (1086) which simply means "the walls" Could not the banks at Avebury be the walls that so impressed the Saxons? I love the other possibilities, but on balance would opt for the walled ditch.

Why look for the word to mean 'walled' when 'wale' actually does mean 'stone or earth ridge', which is what Avebury has around it?