[Stones] Silbury time capsule [River Kennet ]

[Ric]

trouble is - Winterbourne is more of a 'descriptive'
than a name, meaning quite literally 'winter river'
and i believe there are several such winter rivers in
the local area, on account of the nature of these
watercourses to flow during the winter and idle during
the summer months? whereas Kennet(t) seems to be a
real name: trouble again, no-one's certain what it
means, although there are several theories ... ?

;)

Ric


--- littlestone <littlestone at supanet.com> wrote:

> Silbury then sweeping round to WKLB and the little
> river below - which is the Winterbourne before it
> turns into the Kennet at Swallowhead; another thing
> I get muddled up with.
> 
> Couple of years ago I saw a map that showed the
> Winterbourne recorded as the Kennet as far upstream
> as Avebury Trusloe (see also Pete Reade's mention of
> it being called the Kennet). Wonder if this is just
> an error or whether it was once called the Kennet
> that far upstream.>