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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
other case. The ridge dyke must have been on the top
of the ridge on the S. by. of Wilton parish, and have run
along the W. part of that S. by. No traces of a dyke are
marked in OM6 on this part of the ridge, though such
traces exist further W. on the S. by. of Burcombe. But
the dyke may have been small; and the present traces may
seem to be those of nothing more than an ordinary field
ditch, and so the ordnance surveyors may have not thought
it necessary to insert them.
Beornulfes Stan must have been somewhere on the S. by.
The landmarks which follow, until Ugganford is reached,
are not determinable with certainty, and their respective
positions can only be conjectured.
4. And swa forth on tha Rugan Hylle : ' And so on to
the Rough Hill.'
Possibly Hunt's Down at the SW. corner of the parish
(OMi).
5. Fhonene adune rihte on thone Haethenan Byrgels :
' Then down straight to the Heathen Burial place.'
The by. is going downhill. The burialplace was therefore
on the W. by. on Hunt's Down (OMi).
6. Of, etc. on thone Stanigan Beorh : ' From the Heathen
Burial place to the Stony Barrow.'
No traces of the barrow are marked on the map. Ii
was possibly at the N. end of Hunt's Down (OMi).
7. Of, etc. oth tha Haefda : ' From the Stony Barrow
as far as the Headland (of a ploughland).'
Possibly at the bend in the by. £ m. N. of the N. end of
the wood (Vesey Trees, OM6) on Hunt's Down.
8. West be Ηeafdan aet tha Fore Trthe : ' West by the
Headland at the Projecting Piece of Ploughed Land.'
At the bend above mentioned the by. runs for a few
yards NW.
The forierth may have been in the angle made by the
by., i.e. may have projected into the neighbouring lands of
Burcombe.
9. And so forth on Gate Hlinces Heafde : ' And so on
to the Headland of the Lynch of the Gate.'
Somewhere on the W. by. between the last point and
the road from Burcombe.
10. And swa adune to tham Port Herpathe : ' And so
down to the Town Highway.'