[Stones] Cerne Abbas Homer Simpson

[Ric]

Thanks,

another Welsh survivor in the lowlands!

'The Cerne river is named after the Old Welsh word
'char' meaning 'rock'

 - after

http://tinyurl.com/2xqx8m

or

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:afX09U-b1g8J:www.gwp.enta.net/dorsarticle.htm+River+Cerne+placename&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=uk&ie=UTF-8

;)

Ric


--- Andy Norfolk <andy.norfolk at connectfree.co.uk>
wrote:

> Ric wrote:
> > has anyone the etymology of 'Cerne' please?
> Mills says in the Dictionary of British Place Names
> that it is from the 
> river Cerne which derives its name from Celtic
> "carn" - cairn or heap of 
> stones.
> 
> Andy N