Bowgreave Derivation

DaveH · **Posted:** Sat Oct 03, 2009 10:22 am

Mark,

Again depends how old the name is. If the lane is an ancient way 'Bruna' could refer to what was at the end of it! 'Brunnr' is Old Scandinavian for well or spring related to OE word 'burna' - stream. If there's a stream or spring in the vicinity that's what I'd go for, but 'brun' is also 'brown' in OE or could even be from a personal name: Brunni's Lane.

PhilB · **Posted:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:31 am

I have noticed that, after heavy rain, the water courses around the Garstang/Catterall area all turn rich dark brown. I don`t know of such a water course near Bruna Hill though!

frankjsmith · **Posted:** Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:23 pm

Some shots from last Thursday. I can't see the ring in the loop, but some other features around about, especially the circular ditch over the river. I'm intrigued as to what they are going to put in that hole, (or what they have taken out!).

wyrearchaeology · **Posted:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:37 am

Some interesting old field boundaries there. Not sure what that filled in semi-circular ditch bisected by the river is. It appears to have an entrance halfway along its edge, with an accompanying road, perhap,s running through said entrance and across the semi-circle itself. The fact that it's bisected by the river reminds me of Broom Hill, the suspected Bronze Age barrow just outside Garstang, where the Wyre altered course over time and cut the mound in half. The same might have happened here. Definitely worth investigating. (Of course, it might just be the original course of the river, but it's still worth a gander I reckon. Especially with those smaller, apparently circular crop marks, in the field just below it.)

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