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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ It is practically certain that the brad beorh is Oldhat Barrow (OMi). 9. Thonne on Blerianhylle : ' Then to . . . Hill.' Than to Pleyhyll: ' Then to (Playground ?) Hill.' Et extunc ad Blerhyll. This is probably the ridge which comes down southwards through the S. part of Easton parish, and meets the W. by. just N. of Aughton Down (OMi). 10. Thanon on Wylberhtes Stan : ' Then to Wylberht's Stone.' A reminiscence of this stone survives possibly in the name of Falstone Pond, which is at the bend N. in the W. by. (OM6) I m. SSE. of Godsbury tumulus (OMi). 11. Swa forth eall Herpathes and Dunes : ' So on . . . Highway and Down.' 1 So forth all Lawpathes and Dwnes therabute. Ac deinde per omnes legales semitas et montuosas terras circumjacentes. It is clear that the ME. and Lat. copyists have translated the AS. text as it stands in the extant copy. The Herepath is the road which passes down the N. part of the W. by. for about i m. from near the NW. corner of the by. 2 The down is now called Crow Down (OM6). It is in the NW. angle of the parish. 12. Thanon on Guthredesburg northwarde : 'Then to Guthred's Camp on its north side.' That Guthredesbeorh is Godsbury tumulus seems at first practically certain ; and this emendation in the reading of the landmark would be probable save for two circumstances : (1) that the tumulus lies 3 fur. outside the present by. of Collingbourne ; (2) that both the Bedwyn charter (B.1213) and the Burbage charter (B.1067) mention an Eorthburh, ' Earthen Camp,' which was almost certainly at this NW. corner of Collingbourne, 3 fur. from Godsbury tumulus. The fact that the reading of all the three charters is burh, makes it almost certain that the reference is to a camp and not to a tumulus ; and the only possible assump- 1 I cannot translate eall as it stands. I am inclined to think that the copyist has omitted andlang, ' along,' a supposition supported by the fact that berepatb and dun are both in the genitive. If so, the meaning would be ' all along.' 2 For a description of this road see Arch. Journ. vol. lxxv, 1918, ' Ancient Highway» of Wilts.' road 35, p. 90.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ tion is that there was formerly at this NW. angle of Collingbourne the remains of a camp named after the same person as the neighbouring tumulus. 1 13. Thonne on Pendes Clif: 'Then to Pend's Steep Slope.' 14. Thanon on Blerian Hylle : ' Then to . . . Hill.' 15. Thanon on tha Swelgende : ' Then to the (Abyss ?).' 2 16. Thonne on Iebyng Crundele : ' Then to the . . . Quarry.' Than to Ebyng of Crundele. Tunc ad limitem vocatum the ebyng of Crundele. 17. Thanon on Seeorran Hline (read Seeortan) : ' Then to Short Lynch.' All these landmarks 13-17 correspond with landmarks in the Bedwyn charter B.1213, except 14, which is not there mentioned. Also the names vary. Pendes Clif appears as Penderes Clif, and Iebyng Crundel as Abban Crundel,' Abba's Quarry,' which is probably its real name. Also the short lynch is there called the white lynch. When it comes to determining the exact sites of the landmarks more difficulty arises than might be expected in the case of landmarks which occur in two charters. The angular nature of the W. part of the N. by. shows that it passed along the balks of various ploughlands ; and therefore, judging from what is customary in the surveys of other charters, it might be expected that the landmarks would be taken at somewhat frequent intervals. It may be, therefore, that Pendes Clif is the slope of the hill on the N. by. about 3 fur. SW. of Southgrove Farm (OMi), and this is supported by the occurrence of the field-name Penceley, perhaps Pendes Leah, in Burbage immediately SW. of that farm, and at the foot of the slope. As to 14, I have little doubt 1 Since I determined this site I have seen a paper on the Bedwyn charter B. 1213, by Mr. O. G. S. Crawford, published in the Wilts Arch. Mag. Referring to this Earth Camp he says : ' This point is interesting and important because it can be exactly identified with a hitherto undiscovered earthwork at Crowdon Clump.' (The small clump close to the NW. comer of the parish.) ' This clump, which is marked on a map of Burbage of about 1810, is surrounded by a small ditch and bank which partly coincide with those of an oval prehistoric camp.' 2 This is the meaning in the dictionaries. But the term is not uncommon as a landmark in the charters; and I think it must have some other meaning, perhaps' swallowhole,' i.e. a place where a stream disappears underground. But I doubt whether this is the meaning in all cases. In the new volume of Bosworth and Toller's dictionary some such meaning ie suggested.
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