ance ▁concerning ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁the ▁Sax on ▁princes ▁W ulf ad ▁and ▁R uf in ▁by ▁their ▁father ▁W ulf here ▁of ▁Mer cia ▁who ▁re put edly ▁had ▁his ▁base ▁near ▁Dar l eston ▁( W ulf here c ester ). ▁The ▁murder ▁of ▁W ulf ad ▁in ▁the ▁ 7 th ▁century ▁and ▁his ▁subsequent ▁ent omb ment ▁under ▁a ▁c air n ▁of ▁stones ▁is ▁the ▁traditional ▁story ▁( des cribed ▁as ▁' histor ically ▁val uel ess ' ▁by ▁Th acker ▁ 1 9 8 5 : ▁ 6 ). ▁ ▁More ▁recent ▁research ▁points ▁to ▁older , ▁though ▁no ▁less ▁interesting ▁nor ▁tang ible , ▁possibilities ▁regarding ▁its ▁name ▁and ▁found ing . ▁Ar ound ▁Stone ▁lie ▁several ▁Rom ano ▁British ▁sites ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁incon ce iv able ▁that ▁the ▁stone ▁remains ▁of ▁a ▁bridge ▁or ▁mil estone , ▁perhaps ▁continu ing ▁the ▁Roman ▁road ▁from ▁Roc ester ▁to ▁B ly th ▁Bridge ▁and ▁then ▁potentially ▁through ▁Stone , ▁is ▁all ud ed ▁to ▁in ▁the ▁name . ▁The ▁settlement ▁of ▁Wal ton ▁( which ▁now ▁forms ▁a ▁sub urb ) ▁is ▁ancient ▁Bry th onic ▁( C elt ic / anci ent ▁Brit on ▁place ▁name ). ▁The ▁most ▁likely ▁deriv ation ▁for ▁most ▁places ▁called ▁Stone ▁is ▁from ▁a ▁pre histor ic ▁meg al ith , ▁Roman ▁mil estone , ▁a ▁natural ▁b ould er ▁or ▁rock ▁formation , ▁or ▁from ▁' a ▁place ▁where ▁stone ▁was ▁obtained ' ▁and ▁a ▁Ke uper