Barrum

Barrum was originally an inhabited terp. The deepest farm would be on part of the mound. The mound was probably excavated around 1925.^[2]

The hamlet was first attested as Beerma buren in 1406.^[3] In 1427 the hamlet and terp itself was referred to as Berrum. There was a stins on the mound that was referred to as Berma stins in 1433.^[4] On a map by Schotanus from 1664 it was mentioned as Barzum,^[5] yet this could be a confusion with another hamlet, located a little more south, Barsum [nl]. In 1850 the place was referred to as Barrum, and it is estimated that around that time, 14 people were living in the two farms of the hamlet.^[6] The place name could possibly indicate a place of residence (-um) in a muddy land, from the Old Frisian word ber for mud. It could either mean the residence of a person named Bera.^[3]