Re: Swallowhead Springs, Avebury | Forum

tjj wrote:

Sanctuary wrote:

Viewed from the air or a map, the Swallowhead Springs take the form of a Swallow's head, so that presumably is where the name came from...or does it? http://www.avebury-web.co.uk/avebury_map.html

If they were named prior to there being flight by aircraft or balloon then how did the name come about because you wouldn't gather it looked like a Swallow's head at ground level would you.

Thoughts?

I often find myself referring to the very first book I ever bought about Avebury - The Secrets of the Avebury Stones by Terence Meaden. His theory is that Swallowhead is phonetically similar to Suilohead and may come from the same root as the Goddess name Sul.

I think this is right, and the spring is her cunt [it later became cunnit then kennet], the ancients must have been a bit confused as to were the wee came out though if this is true, or cunt was the original name for all that part of a lady, silbury also may mean suls hill, as sil been sul and bury being the saxon for hill.