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242 THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ 8. Thonne thurh Seyt Hangran and lang thaes Weges to thaem Hlince : ' Then through (Sheet ?) Hanging Wood along the Way to the Lynch.' 9. Thonne to West Heafnod: ' Then to West Headlands' (i.e. of ploughlands). 10. Thonne north ofer Dune on thaet Riht Gemaere: ' Then north over the Down to the Straight Balk.' 11. Thaer to Tune : ' Then to the Farm (or Village).' 12. Thonne on Cynetan on Sealt Ham : ' Then to the Kennett to Salt House.' One would be inclined to suppose that the old by. came N. along the present W. by. of East Kennett. But, unfortunately, that by. was not in existence even in the first half of the last century. It is impossible to say where the by. in the charter met the Kennett. The down of 10 is undoubtedly the high ground some way S. of the river ; and the tun of 11 is very possibly one of the two villages, East or West Kennett. said. But more than that cannot be 13. Of etc. up betweox tha Tivegan Beorgas : ' From Salt House up between the Two Barrows.' One would be inclined to surmise that the by. went N. from East Kennett village between the two tumuli (OM6 and OMi) which stand a little more than 300 yds. N. of the river, on Overton Hill (OMi). The present W. by. of East Kennett passes between them. But, unfortunately, that by. did not exist in the earlier half of the nineteenth century. 14. Of tham ... on thaes Furlanges West Heafde·. ' From ... land).' to the West Headland of the Furlong (plough- 15. Thonne on Seropes Pyt: ' Then to Scrope's Pit.' 16. Thonne on thone . . . pan Crundel midde zuerdne : '' Then to the middle of one side of . . . Quarry.' 17. Thonne on Coltan Beorh : ' Then to Colta's Barrow.' 18. Oth thaene Herpoth an Haean Penne : 'As far as the Highway at (?) the Cattlepen (with a fastening to its gate ?)·' the parish of Winterbourne Monkton, 7 fur. W. of the N. part of the present W. by. of Overton, there is a Hackpen Barn (OM6). There can be little doubt that this preserves the name of the Haean Penne of the charter. But
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ it also suggests what is probable on other grounds that the W. by. of the grant was on a line W. of the present W. by. of Overton. Its actual line cannot be, unfortunately, more than a matter of vague conjecture. But we may conclude that the Hackpen was somewhere near, but W. of, the present N. end of the parish of Overton, probably on the S. part of Monkton Down (OMi). Of the preceding landmarks the two barrows of 13, Seropes Pyt of 15, and Colta's Barrow of 16, all occur in the other Overton charter, B.1285. Unfortunately the landmarks of that charter are just as difficult to identify as those of the present one. But Coltan Beorh may be the large tumulus (OMi) which now stands in the parish of Avebury just SE. of the earthwork marked in OMi. The Herepath is almost certainly the road which runs from the ' Temple ' at Avebury village ENE. to the British settlements (OMi) on the down about 3 m. away. The by. must have met the highway some distance W. of the present W. by. of Overton, and then have passed E. along it for a space. 19. Thonne andlang Herpathes on tha Die with suthan Aethelferthes Stane : ' Then along the Highway to the Dyke to the south of Aethelferth's Stone.' The by. follows the ridgeway to a dyke (ditch, OMi) 1 fur. S. of the SE. corner of Winterbourne Monkton. Aethelferth's Stone was possibly at that SE. corner ; but was outside the by. of the grant, as is shown by the next landmark. 20. Thonne suth andlang Hrie Weges on thone Dunnan Stan : ' Then south along the Ridgeway to the Stone (on the Down ?).' This is the ridgeway marked on OMi. 1 The by. of the grant seems to have turned S. at the dyke, and to have run for some way down the line of the ridgeway. Where the stone was cannot be said ; but it was probably on what is now the W. by. of Overton. 21. Thonne west and south ofer thaet Trdland on Pyttel Dene : ' Then south-west (for south-east) over the Plough Land to the Valley of the (Little Pit ?).' 1 For description of this great ridgeway see Arch. Journ. vol. hcxv, 1918, p. 78, road 14.
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