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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ This brings the survey back to the Avon at the point where the E. part of the S. by. reaches it. The ford was right opposite the hamlet of Fyfield (OMi), where a ford still exists. The black dean runs down to the river from the E. at this point. The Straet is now apparently represented by the road which runs down the dean, and forms the S. by. of the parish for nearly a mile. But the application of the term straet to such a road, which is neither a Roman road nor a ridgeway, is unique in at any rate the Hants, Wilts, and Berks, charters. How it came to be so called—whether, for instance, it was a vicinal way of Roman times—cannot be said. The rough barrow and the 'Amwic ' have left no traces; but they must have been on the by. near Combe Field Barn (OMi). 15. Of, etc. andlanc streames: 'From the Ford along stream.' The by. runs down the Avon for £ m. 16. On thonae Bradan Igeoth : ' To the Broad Eyot.' This must be the large eyot opposite Fittleton. 17. Of, etc. and lang streames to thaere Ealdan Die aet Risesteorte : ' From the eyot along stream to the Old Dyke at the Tongue of Land where the Rushes grow.' This tongue of land must have been where the by. leaves the river to run W. opposite Fittleton village. The old dyke was probably one of the backwaters of the Avon at that point. 18. Of, etc. on thone Greatan Hlinc : ' From the Tongue of land to the Great Lynch.' This would be where the by. makes several short bends at the end of a ridge a short f m. W. of the river. 19. Of, etc. and lang Furh on thone Ruge Sled: ' From the Great Lynch along a Furrow to the Rough Slade.' The first place which could possibly be called a slade which the S. by. going W. meets is the hollow 2 fur. SW. of Lavington Folly (OMi). 20. O/, etc. on thone Flit Gar an: ' From the Slade to the (Disputed ?) Gore (Triangular Strip of Ploughland).' 21. Of, etc. on Fitelan Sladaes Crundael: ' From the Gore to the Quarry of Fitela's Slade.' The name Fitela is part of the name of the village of Fittleton in the parish of Netheravon. So this slade is doubtless on the Netheravon by., i.e. on the S. by. of Enford.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ I am inclined to think that it is the hollow near the SW. corner of the parish on the S. edge of which Old Farm Clump (OMi) in Netheravon stands. The old quarry is not marked on OM6. 22. Of, etc. and lang tbaes Smalan Weges on tha Rugan Hylle : ' From the Quarry along the Narrow Way to the Rough Hill.' It is possible that this way ran along the short SW. by. from Shrewton Folly (OMi) to the rifle range (OMi). If so, it was part of a ridgeway. 1 The rough hill would be that on which the rifle range stands. 23. Aet thaere Ealdan Furh : ' At the Old Furrow.' This is really part of landmark 22. The furrow would begin at the rifle range (OMi). 24. And lang Furh to tham Ealdan Lagan : ' Along the Furrow to the Old . . .' 25. Of, etc. to Aesedaene: ' From the . . . to the Dean of the Ashtrees.' This is probably the valley f m. N. of the rifle range (OMi), on the W. by. The laga, whatever it was, must have been on the short stretch of by. between the rifle range and this dean. 26. Of, etc. and lang thaes Smalan Weges to Rodmundes Daene on thaes Hlinees Heafod : ' From Ashdean along the Narrow Way to Rodmund's Dean to the Headland of the Lynch.' The narrow way must have run along that part of the W. by. N. of the rifle range (OMi). Rodmund's Dean was probably the valley which runs up towards the angle in the by. S. of Slay Down (OMi). 27. Of, etc. and lang thaes Smalan Weges on thonae Flit Gar an : ' From the Headland of the Lynch along the Narrow Way to the Disputed (?) Gore.' The references to a heafod and a gara in the last two landmarks shows that this part of the by. is running along ploughed land. I am inclined to think that the narrow way of the last two points is a road which developed, as so many of our local roads have done, out of occupation roads running along the balks of ploughlands. This gore was at that NW. 1 For this road see Arcb Journ. vol lxxv, 1918, 'Ancient Highways of Wilts..' road 39, p. 93.
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