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BARAT NAMES IN SEVERN VALLEY 195

of Gower, the ancient Guhrv1, associated with the King Arthur legend, wherein that name “Guhir”’ is obviously the transplanted “‘ Kur” or “Syria,” the homeland of the Syrio-Pheenicians, as we have seen. On the south is Somerset or “‘ The Seat of the Somers, Sumers or Cymyrs’”’ ; and the westem promontory at the Severn mouth is “ Hercules Point,’ the “ Herakles Akron” of Ptolemy (or modern “ Hart-land Point’), indicating the former presence of the Hercules-worshipping Phcenician navigating colonists there. The Upper Severn rises in Mont-Gomery, which name is now seen to mean “ The Mount of the Cymry, Somers, or “ Gomers '’—the latter being also the Hebrew form of the ethnic name “Sumer.’’ In the Severn Valley we have the following series of Barat names :—

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Somerset : Parret River at Somer-ton, which was “ an ciently the chief town of the whole country which takes its name from it,’? with ‘“ Avalon Isle,’ associated with the King Arthur legends.

Puriton, at old mouth of Parret River.

Barton, near Axbridge and Cheddar.

Bruton or Briweton, with old abbey (1, 99) and prehistoric earthworks .*

Burton Pynsent, near Taunton, seat of Chatham family (1, 96), with prehistoric earthworks’.

Gratton, near Wincanton and east of Cadbury, with ancient “ camps ”’ (I, 120, 149).

Priddy, on Mendip Hills, with numerous prehistoric barrows.®

Burthe, with Bronze Age remains.°

Gloster : Brito (* Bristol”), The ancient name for Bristol was “‘ Caer Brito,’’7 and altered to “ Brightston ’’ by the Saxons,

Bred-on Hill, with Kemer-ton “‘ Camp” and Roman remains. *®

Bourton-on-the-Water, with prehistoric barrows,® and on Roman road.

Bird-lip and “ camps,’ with Stone Age remains and earthworks at Bird-lip, Cooper's and Crickley Hills.1°

+“ Guhir ” of Nennius, also spelt “ Guyr.’’ See C.B.G., 3, 123. 2 C.B., t, 79 a WEEAB SS 2Aase “Th., 245. ®Th., 167. SD oO: * Nennius, cited by C.B., 1, 86. SWB, 234). *Tb., 160 and 387.

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