Talk:Maiden Castle, Dorset
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[edit] Unhelpful
The following is singularly unhelpful:
"The name maiden was once believed to derive from the Brythonic mai dun, meaning great hill. Recent work by Richard Coates (Maiden Castle, Geoffrey of Monmouth and Hārūn al-Rashīd, Nomina 29 (2006), 5-60) has made this theory obsolete."
This needs more explanation. Dewrad (talk) 04:07, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Apparently Richard Coates had lectured on the subject, so whomever wrote that must have attended the lecture. Unfortunately, they seem not to have taken very good notes...A website about Northern England talks about a Maiden Castle there, and says it comes from 'moe din' meaning 'grassy plain' but I don't have the first clue if Richard Coates said this or where that information came from. 68.165.238.5 (talk) 08:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
