[469] Slav Tales, p. 182.
[470] Fraser, J. B., Persia, p. 134.
[471] The word silver is imagined to be derived from Salube, a town on the Black Sea.
[472] Johnston, J. B., Place-names, p. 445.
[473] The Frankish chroniclers assigned the origin of the Franks to Troy. The word Frank is radically feran or veran.
[474] Hope, R. C., Holy Wells, p. 137.
[475] Taliesin, p. 238.
[476] Minnis, said to be a Kentish word for common, is seemingly the latter portion of communis.
[477] “Within the area towards the north-east corner is a solid rectangular platform of masonry, 145 feet by 104 feet, and 5 feet in thickness. In the centre there is a structure of concrete in the form of a cross, 87 feet in length, 7 feet 6 inches wide, which points to the north. The transverse arm, 47 feet long and 22 feet wide, points to the gateway in the west wall. The platform rests upon a mass of masonry reaching downward about 30 feet from the surface, it measures 124 feet north to south and 80 feet east to west. At each corner there are holes 5 to 6 inches square, penetrating through the platform. A subterranean passage, 5 feet high, 3 feet wide, has been excavated under the overhanging platform, around the foundation beneath, which may be entered by visitors.
“The efforts that have been made to pierce the masonry have failed in ascertaining whether there are chambers inside. No satisfactory explanation of its origin and purpose has yet been discovered. It may have formed the foundation of a ‘pharos’. The late C. R. Smith, whose opinion on the subject is of especial value, and also later authorities, have thought that this remarkable structure enclosed receptacles either for the storage of water, or for the deposit of treasure awaiting shipment.”—A Short Account of the Records of Richborough (W. D.).