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<< Text Pages >> Friar Waddon Hill - Barrow Cemetery in England in Dorset

Submitted by TimPrevett on Monday, 23 May 2005  Page Views: 8826

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Friar Waddon Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.353 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Dorchester  Nearest Village: Upwey
Map Ref: SY641855
Latitude: 50.668053N  Longitude: 2.50935W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 3

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Re: Friar Waddon Hill by Thorgrim on Monday, 10 October 2005
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Waddon is Old English from the Anglo-Saxon. Wad = woad and don = hill

It's also found in a different form at Odell in Bedfordshire. Wad has been contracted to "od" and "hyll" - therefore woad-hill also Anglo-Saxon
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Re: Friar Waddon Hill by Anonymous on Sunday, 09 October 2005
Waddon means already Hill of the woad. Is there a link between some places and the production of woad during celtic times? Another Waddon exists in Surrey near Croydon. Another place-name linked with woad is Glastonbury the burg of glastum (glaisin) woad in celtic language, woad is more a german word. The greek word for woad is isatis, meaning the plant which equalize the wounds. The latin name for woad is vitrum. Bernard Verhille France [email protected]
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