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Survey of English Place-Names

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Jarn Mound

Other OS name in the Parish of Wootton

Etymology

, a mound constructed in 1931 by Sir Arthur Evans for the sake of the panoramic view . In Jarn Mound ( Oxford 1933 ) P . 12 , Evans says that Jarn was the name given to the western slopes of Boar 's Hill by the villagers of Wootton ; cf. Iarn Well Piece 1849TA .