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Haca's pen?

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http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/58001/avebury.html
is the picture that came to my mind.

Also I seem to recall someone (ah one of those antiquarians) saying it was 'hac pen' meaning head of a snake, because they were determined it was druidic and connected with snakes?? (or am I misremembering) and the snakey shape of the avenue would make the circles on the hill the head. 'Pen' means head / top in welsh. Not quite sure what they were intending the hack bit to mean though.

oh and the fact it's stukeley's 'serpent' is actually on the picture, duh. And also it shows 'hakpen hill' being along the whole length of the ridgeway there.