[455] Domesday Branchtrea, later Branktry. "This must be 'tree of _Branc_,' the same name as in Branksome (Bournemouth), Branxton (Coldstream), and Branxholm (Hawick)."--Johnston, J. B., _Place-names of England and Wales_, p. 165. [456] _A Guide to the Antiquities of the Iron Age_ (Brit. Museum), p. 35. [457] _Ep_ in old Breton meant _horse_; _cf. Origines Celticæ_, i., 373, 380, 381. [458] _Celtic Britain_, p. 229. [459] 1158 Brimigham; 1166 Bremingeham; 1255 Burmingeham; 1413 Brymecham; 1538 Bromieham. [460] _Ancient Britain_, p. 282. [461] _Historical Works_ (Bohn's Library), p. 98. [462] _Travels in the East_ (Bohn's Library), p. 202. [463] _Avebury and Stonehenge_, p. 43. [464] _A Guide to the Antiquities of the Iron Age_, p. 29. [465] Higgens, G., _Celtic Druids_, p. lxxiv. [466] _Annals_, Bk. xii, xii. [467] In 1200 Folkeshull. Of Flixton in Lancashire the authorities suggest, "perhaps a town of the flitch". Of Flokton in Yorkshire, "Town of an unrecorded Flocca". I suspect Flokton was really a Folk Dun or Folks Hill. [468] Akerman, p. 166. [469] _Slav Tales_, p. 182. [470] Fraser, J. B., _Persia_, p. 134. [471] The word _silver_ is imagined to be derived from _Salube_, a town on the Black Sea. [472] Johnston, J. B., _Place-names_, p. 445. [473] The Frankish chroniclers assigned the origin of the Franks to Troy. The word _Frank_ is radically feran or veran. [474] Hope, R. C., _Holy Wells_, p. 137. [475] _Taliesin_, p. 238. [476] _Minnis_, said to be a Kentish word for _common_, is seemingly the latter portion of _communis_. [477] "Within the area towards the north-east corner is a solid rectangular platform of masonry, 145 feet by 104 feet, and 5 feet in thickness. In the centre there is a structure of concrete in the form of a cross, 87 feet in length, 7 feet 6 inches wide, which points to the north. The transverse arm, 47 feet long and 22 feet wide, points to the gateway in the west wall. The platform rests upon a mass of masonry reaching downward about 30 feet from the surface, it measures 124 feet north to south and 80 feet east to west. At each corner there are holes 5 to 6 inches square, penetrating through the platform. A subterranean passage, 5 feet high, 3 feet wide, has been excavated under the overhanging platform, around the foundation beneath, which may be entered by visitors.