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Tyneham Cap

Other OS name in the Parish of Tyneham

Etymology

, 1861 Hutch3 , ' onthe summit of the south hill ' ib , perhaps the word cæppe ' cap ' used figuratively ( cf. similar uses of hæt(t) ' hat ' and hōd ' hood ' ) , or an altered form of copp ' hill-top, summit ' , cf. Golden Cap in Stanton St G . par . infra .