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VenerableBottyBurp V
VenerableBottyBurp Mar 13, 2005 12:30:09
Replying to Wiener

You mean Stang Hengis
as in stone hangs ?

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VenerableBottyBurp Mar 13, 2005 12:34:24
Replying to VenerableBottyBurp

I just looked it up:

Stangenges c1130 Henry of Huntingdon

Speed C17 makes it Stone Hinges

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P Pete G
Pete G Mar 13, 2005 12:35:27
Replying to VenerableBottyBurp

Wasn't it once called the Giants Dance?
(Geoffrey of Monmouth?)
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