A further thought closer to home- my local hillfort is Wallbury. This combines the enigmatic wall element with the burh. Massive ditch and ramparts here so the wall could be the ramparts. Earliest recorded name according to Essex volume of EPN Soc is Walla -1086 Domesday. Not sure this helps much.
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22nd July 2004ce
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Wale-dich, the Saxon name for Avebury (TomBo, Jul 19, 2004, 17:43)- Re: Wale-dich, the Saxon name for Avebur (Pete G, Jul 19, 2004, 17:48)
- Re: Wale-dich, Dyke (Or ditch) of the Britons (Cursuswalker, Jul 22, 2004, 01:35)
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- Re: Wale-dich, the Saxon name for Avebury (FourWinds, Jul 23, 2004, 07:19)
- 'ave it! (Cursuswalker, Jul 23, 2004, 09:52)
- Re: Wale-dich, the Saxon name for Avebur (Ishmael, Jul 26, 2004, 00:30)
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