Maiden Castle
Other OS name in the Parish of Winterborne St Martin
Historical Forms
- Mayden Castell 1607 Clegg
Etymology
, 1774 Hutch1 , Mayden Castell 1607 Clegg , cf. (Under ) Castle , Rings 1841TA , and the f. ns . Burlington , Castle Fd , etc . in Dorchester par . supra , v. mægden , castel(l) , hring ; the same name is applied to a number of other prehistoric earthworks besides this Iron Age hill - fort , cf. Cu 255 , R . E . M . Wheeler , Maiden Castle , Dorset , Oxford 1943 , 6 – 14 ; the meaning of the name is probably ' fortification thought never to have been taken , one that looks impregnable ' , but for other suggestions , v. EPN 231 – 2 . Maiden Castle is probably the city of Dunium referred to by Ptolemy ( I , 103 ) ; this is from Brit dūno- ' a fort ' , probably with the Brit suffix - on or - īon .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Blagdon Barn
- North Plant.
- Alington Place
- North Down(lost)
- Pen Barn, Pen Ctgs
- Ridge Bottom
- Ridge Hill
- Ryland's Barn
- St Martin's Church
- Shorn Hill
- South Down(lost)
- Vicarage
- West End Ho
- Ballarat Ho
- Carrant's Fm(lost)
- Church Fm
- Clandon Barrow, Clandon Hill
- East Hill
- Eweleaze Barn
- Four Barrow Hill
- Great Hill
- Grove Hill, Grove Hill Barn, Grove Hill Bottom
- Hamar's Plant.
- Hog Hill
- Kit Hill, Kit Hill Bottom, Kit Hill Coppice
- Manor Ho
- Bronkham Hill
- Park Fm