on þat ealde ad
Field in the Parish of Compton Abbas
Historical Forms
- on þat ealde ad 956 ShaftR
Etymology
on þat ealde ad('the old beacon',v. eald, ād, cf. ðone ealdan ad in 957(12) BCS 987(Staffordshire);perhaps to be located at or near the site of the later Melbury Beacon inMelbury A. par. infra)