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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ of another ridgeway along the western ridge, a ridgeway which must have crossed the Ninemile river in its passage S. This ridgeway ran along the S. part of the E. by. of Enford, where it is still represented by a modern track which runs on for 2 m. SSW. from the SE. corner of the parish. At the present day that part of the road on the E. by. of Enford is continued N. by a road which leads due N. to Lower Everley; but this northern extension goes up a valley; and it is quite possible that the old track went N. by a line W. of this which impinged on the E. by. of Enford again near the NE. corner of the parish. That this ridgeway ran eventually to the Roman station at Old Sarum is certain. But there is another possible explanation of this Ceaster Herepath. It may possibly be another part of that herepath of 3, a road which must have led W. over the Avon, and beyond that river must have passed by Casterley Camp. The original name of that camp must have been Ceaster Leah ; and hence perhaps the name of the herepath. To any one who knows the use of the term Ceaster in the AS. charters and elsewhere it must be puzzling to find the term applied to such a camp as this, for the term is almost always rigidly limited to masonry or brick forts-or stations of Roman origin. I give these possible suggestions for what they are worth, which is not, I am afraid, much. 5. Of,etc.andlangFurhonDolhCrundael: ' From the Highway along a Furrow to the Scarred (or Gashed) Quarry.' (Probably a quarry the side of which had been cut in some peculiar manner or had fallen in.) 6. Of, etc. forth and lang Waeges on thone Aethenan Byrigaels : ' From Scar Quarry along the Track to the Heathen Burialplace.' 7. Of, etc. to thaere Readan Hanae 1 : ' From the Burialplace to the Red Stone.' 8. Of, etc. and lang Straet on Igean Seathae : ' From the Red Stone along the Street (Made Road) to . . . Pit.' 9. Of, etc. on thone Greatan Hling : ' From . . . Pit to the Great Lynch.' 10. Of, etc. and lang Drafae 2 on thonae Hlinc aet Wad 1 For note on ban see p. 209. the use of this word draf in the 300 odd 2 1 do not remember any other case of charters of Wilts., Hants and Berks.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ Daenae ·. ' From the Lynch along the Driftway to the Lynch at Woad Dean.' The survey is now arriving at some landmarks which may be distinguished with some show of probability on the modern map. The Igean Seath of 8 is possibly the old chalkpit at the SE. angle of the parish (OM6) f m. NE. of Beach's Barn (OMi). Wad Denu is probably the dean just S. of this, so that the Lynch of 10 was probably about f m. S. of the chalkpit. The driftway was on or near the line of the track coming from the S. end of Everley village SW. towards Beach's Barn. The quarry of 5 must have been towards the N. end of the E. by. In 6 the by. is passing along a track or way; and this is possibly a continuation of the Ceaster Herepath. The heathen burialplace must have been somewhere about the middle of the E. by. The Straet must have run down the S. part of the E. by. just N. of the Igean Seath ; and I am inclined to conjecture that the Ceaster Herepath of 4, the Weg of 6, and the Straet of 8 are all parts of that same ridgeway with which I am inclined to identify the Ceaster Herepath (see above). It is not unusual for surveyors to call different parts of the same road by different names. The point most worth noticing in the present case is that that part of the way which is called Straet had been ' made ' in Romano-British times. 1 11. Of, etc. and lang Furh on thone Rugan Beorg: ' From the Dean along a Furrow to the Rough Barrow.' 12. Of, etc. and lang Furh to Amwiean (read Hamwiean ?) : ' From the Rough Barrow to (the Dairy Farm with a House).' 2 13. Of, etc. to Blaean Daenae : ' From the Wick to Black Dean.' 14. Of, etc. and lang Straet on thone Ford : ' From Black Dean along the Street (Made Way) to the Ford. I See Arch. Journ. vol. lxxiv, 1917, ' Ancient Road-system of Britain,' p. 96. I I am doubtful about the identity of ffican. But there is a tendency in the charters to use the weak form of the genitive where the strong form might be expected. I cannot give here my reasons for translating trie ' dairy-farm.' JVics in AS. charters are always near mead land, i.e. near the land where hay would be available for the cattle in winter ; i.e. they are always near streams. The same is markedly the case with the ' Wicks ' of the modem map. The attributes used with trie in the charters, and with wick in the modem map, tend to the same conclusion.
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