Marden Henge (and Hatfield Barrow) Henge View all content for Marden Henge (and Hatfield Barrow)

Weirdness local to Marden - a settlement (now a house) lay to the east of the henge, called 'Puckshipton'. John Chandler (see link below) says this means 'The Goblin's Cattle Shed'. What must have happened here for the place to acquire this name? Or is it actually related to the henge itself (probably an ideal place for a goblin to corral his cattle). It is very close to the place where the Ridgeway crossed the River Avon (I take it at SU099577), a spot which was known as Wifelesford ('weevils'-ford'). Wiltshire Community History website http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getconcise.php?id=14

Posted by Rhiannon 4th October 2005ce

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