Stukeley refers to the Great Bank as Weedon-hill. Apologies if this has been mentioned before but -
"Weedon. 'hill with a heathen temple'. OE weoh+dun..."* may be relevant.
* Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names by A D Mills. ISBN 0 19 280074 4. Page 368.
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