Durnovaria is the Latin form of the Brythonic name for the Roman town of Dorchester in the modern English county of Dorset. Welsh dwrn means ‘fist, knob’ and Old Irish fáir ~ fóir denotes a confined area or den. ==Romans at Maiden Castle== The pre-Roman population centre in the area appears to have been at the hill fort of Maiden Castle, {co...
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archaic or obsolete terms > Places: Dorchester
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