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in reply to a message by "Bagpus"
"Cast" doesn't mean "race". The word you're thinking of is "caste", which has a very different and far more recent etymology (too recent to be an English place name).
Have a look at:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cast
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=caste
From what Kynaston said, I think that he/she's saying that Burgh Castle was originally a Roman castle. The Whitecast marshes are nearby, as you discovered.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Have a look at:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=cast
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=caste
From what Kynaston said, I think that he/she's saying that Burgh Castle was originally a Roman castle. The Whitecast marshes are nearby, as you discovered.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
This message was edited 4/14/2005, 6:54 AM
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