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.

Giants' Graves

Other OS name in the Parish of Bampton

Etymology

, 1859OS , tumuli at grid 83 – 505160 , a brief account and plan is given in CW xlii , 17 ff , a common type of folk - name for such ancient remains , cf. Giants' Graves (ii, 15supra ) .