ST GK crossword

[sandella]

Stuck on the last one! 28a: Common, often unexplained, name for an earthwork (6, 6) I think it is m?i?e? c?s?l?. could it be McIver Castle?????

[Davao]

MAIDEN CASTLE

[Sandy-Wroe]

Maiden Castle?

[Slogger]

BAILEY CASTLE _ 11d is COMB not LOOM

[Slogger]

Humble & sincere apologies - I was wrong - it is Maiden Castle

[Davao]

All my dictionaries state Jacquaed Loom there is no entry showing Jacquard Comb.
The apparatus is a loom but it contains a card comb.A Maiden castle is an Iron Age earhwork hill fort

[sincnoel]

As far as I can see, Maiden Castle is a specific place in Dorset. I can find no reference to it having become a "common, if unexplained" name. I think Maiden Castle must be the answer but the clue is rubbish. .

[sincnoel]

further research on google leads me to think slogger was right first time. it IS bailey castle. and jacquard comb is there, too.