English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Dungeon Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Minterne Magna

Historical Forms

  • Dungeon 1811 OS

Etymology

( in Buckland N . par 1 ″ ) , Dungeon 1811 OS , an Iron Age hillfort , cf. Castle Hill in Buckland N . par . 3 247 ; it is possible that Dungeon Hill is referred to as heued ' headland ' in the AS bounds of Buckland Newton ( S 474 ) , the full context being up on dounen tit ( = Duntish 3242 ) on anne heued , v. 3256 .