sarn

plural sarns

1. WalesarchaicA pavement or stepping stone.
2. WalesarchaicA causeway.

   The ground in the immediate neighbourhood is somewhat boggy and treacherous, and a 'sarn' has doubtless always been necessary for traversing the bog.

   1913, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, page 105

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   "Not now," he went on, "but there was a high sarn formerly, and only for that both vehicles and foot passengers would ovten have found it impossible to get into Carmarthen from that direction. The tides and floods there were terrible in those times."

   1906, H.C. Tierney, “What Does "Pensarn" Mean”, in Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club, volumes 1-6, page 23

1. A large village in St Bride's Minor community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9083).
2. A hamlet in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ1179).
3. A small village in Kerry community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2090).
4. A village in Grisons canton, Switzerland.