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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
18. Of, etc. on thone Thorn : ' From the Hidden Quarry
to the Thorntree.'
19. Of', etc on thone Stan : ' From the Thorntree to
the Stone.'
20. Of, etc. on tha Die : ' From the Stone to the Dyke.'
21. To there die ende : ' To the End of the Dyke.'
22. Of, etc. on thone Wogan Hlinc : ' From the End of
the Dyke to the Crooked Lynch.'
23. Of, etc. on tha Catt Hola : ' From the Crooked
Lynch to the Cat Holes.'
The survey begins at 22 to coincide with the survey of
Wanborough in B.479. Both the crooked lynch and the
Cat Holes are mentioned in that survey. It is pretty
certain, therefore, that the crooked lynch was at the SW.
corner of Hinton, which is the SE. corner of Wanborough,
about f m. N. by E. of North Farm (OMi) in Aldbourne.
The Cat Holes were at the exact SW. corner of Hinton,
for it is clear from the Wanborough charter that the
crooked or bent lynch went not merely along a short
piece of the S. by. of Hinton, but also along a short piece
of the W. by. bending round the corner of a ridge-end
which is at that place.
It is probable that the Wanborough survey throws light
on the dyke of 20, for it records a Folees die, ' Folk's Dyke,'
running along the S. by. of Wanborough ; and it is more
than probable that this dyke continued along the S. by.
of Hinton, which is on the same line. Moreover a perambulation
of the bounds of Aldbourne, made in 1591, speaks
of a ditch running along the S. by. of Wanborough. The
reference to the dyke end shows that the dyke was not
continuous, at the time at which the survey was made,
with the dyke along the S. by. of Wanborough. But that
was no doubt due to the fact that it had been obliterated
for some distance by the ploughing of the crooked lynch.
The Stan of 19 may have been at the SE. corner of Hinton
parish. If so, then landmarks 13-18 must have been on the
E. by. of Hinton, S. of the Ridgeway. A thorntree is
marked (OM6) on this by. fur. S. of Downs Barn (OMi) ;
and, as such boundary trees were renewed when they fell
into decay, this tree may be a successor of the thorntree
of 18. Just N. of Downs Barn (OMi) the by. is traversing
the slope of a combe; and here the rough lynch of 16