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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
the E. by. of Bishopstone crosses the Ebble f m. W. of
Croucheston (OMi).
2. And lang Die on thone Here Path ·. ' Along the Dyke
to the Highway.'
The dyke ran along the E. by. N. up from the river.
The Herepath is the great ridgeway which forms the N. by.
of the parish. 1 It is called Herepath a short distance further
W. in the Burcombe charter, B.714.
3. Uppan Beor Dune on thaes Uferan Hlinees west ende :
(This might be taken as part of the previous landmark,
for both of them describe the arrival of the survey at the
N.W. corner of the parish, and the landmarks thereabouts.)
' Up to Barrow Down to the west end of the Upper Lynch.'
Barrow Down is the down at the N. part of the parish,
where there are numerous barrows. The lynch was in the
NW. angle of the parish. Both it and the down are mentioned
in other charters, B.1004, B.27, etc ·
4. Of, etc. on tha Thri Be or gas aet there Dune : ' From
the Lynch to the Three Barrows on the Down.'
The three barrows are probably the barrows on the
N. by. where ' Tumuli' are marked on OMi, about 3 fur.
E. of the NW. corner of the parish.
5. Of, etc. and langan thes Smalan Pathes on Rugan
Beorh : ' From the Barrows along the Narrow Path to
Rough Barrow.'
The Smal Path is the Herepath of 2. It is quite common
for AS. surveyors to speak of different parts of a road in
different terms, according as the particular part of the road
which they happened at the moment to be traversing
struck them. The rough barrow was probably the tumulus
marked OM6 about 400 yds. E. of the three barrows.
6. Of, etc. andlang Her pathes fornan gean Menandene :
' From the Barrow along the Highway over against Common
Dean.'
The survey runs along the ridgeway along the N. by.
to the NE. corner of the parish. When it reaches this
corner, which is on the S. edge of Hare Warren (OMi),
the by. is just above the head of a small valley, down which
the E. by. turns. This is the Maene Denu. Its name may
be due to its being in two land-units, or to the land being
1 For this road see Arcb. Journ. vol. lxxv, 1918, ' Ancient Highways of Wilts,' road 57,
p. 106.