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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
Β15. Thonon on tha Wearh Roda 1 on Wodnes Die.
C15. Thonon on tha Wearh Rode on Wodnes Die : ' Then
to the ... to (on ?) Wansdyke.'
The E. by. cuts the Wansdyke (OMi). The stone and
the thorn must of course have been in the interval of i m.
which intervenes between the Wansdyke and the dean of
A8, etc.
A10. Thaet to thare Eorthbyrig : ' Then to the Earthen
Camp.'
Β16. Thonon on tha Ealdan Burh middezvearde : ' Then
to the Old Camp, meeting it on the middle of one
side.'
C16. Same as Β16.
The remains of this camp are about 150 yds. S. of the
Wansdyke, on the E. by. of the parish ; and the use of
middewearde is explained by the fact that the by. meets
the camp on the middle of its N. side, and cuts through
it (OM6).
An. Thonne thonan to Oxna Mere midde weardne:
' Then to the Pond of the Oxen, meeting it on the middle
of one side.'
Β17. O/, etc. on Oxna Mere ·. ' From the Camp to the
Pond of the Oxen.'
C17. Same as B17.
If the pond marked on the E. by. (OM6) NE. of Milk
Hill is old, then it is almost certainly the pond here mentioned.
In any case it must be close to the site of the old
pond.
Ai2. Thonne thonan on Lytlan Beorg to anan Stane :
' Then to the Little Barrow to a Stone.
Β18. Thonon on anne Crundel lith an Stan : ' Then there
lies a Stone at a Quarry.'
C18. Same as Β18.
I suspect that A12 really means that the stone lies near
the little barrow; and that the latter is the tumulus
(OM6) which stands Ε of Milk Hill (OMi) and about
150 yds E. of the E. by. No quarry is marked on the map
1 The word rod is said to mean a
4 clearing in a wood,' or a * path cut through
a wood'; and no doubt it has those
meanings. But neither of them is at all
probable here, or in many other cases in
which the word occurs in AS. charters
of the south of England.