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Arbour Low

Other OS name in the Parish of Middleton and Smerrill

Historical Forms

  • Harberlowe 1533 Bateman
  • Harbor lowe 1654 ib

Etymology

, Harberlowe 1533Bateman , Harbor lowe 1654 ib , ' earth-work hill ' , v. eorðburg , hlāw . “ A circle of stones is enclosed within a bank with a ditch intervening ” ( Jacquetta Hawkes , A guide to the Prehistoric and Roman Monuments in England and Wales , 253 ) .