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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.