It must be understood by all those who read these charters that this ...

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angle of the by. about ι fur. E. of Slay Barrow (OMi). The
name Flit Gara is possibly, though not necessarily, an error
due to the copyist having had his eye caught by the same
landmark in 20.
28. Of, etc. andlang thaere Ealdan Die on thonae Wide
Geate : ' From the Gore along the Old Dyke to the Wide
Gate.'
The old dyke is the dyke, marked as Ditch in· OMi,
which runs along the short straight stretch of the N. by.
E. of Slay Barrow (OMi). From the wording of the landmark
it would seem probable that the wide gate was at
the angle in the by. where it turns NE. ; but it was possibly
up on Compton Down (OMi).
29. Of, etc. forth to tham Heafod Stoeean : ' From the
Wide Gate to the Headstakes (stakes marking the limits of
the headland of a ploughland).'
The next landmark makes it probable that these headstakes
were where a short piece of ditch (OMi) impinges
on the by. about half way between the angle referred to
above and the Avon.
30. Thanon andlang Die on Randa Ford : ' Then along
the Dyke to the Ford of the Edges.' 1
The dyke is no doubt the ditch (OMi) a remnant of
which survives i m. S. of Casterley Camp (OMi). Probably
it continued in former days to the river, but has been since
ploughed out. The Randa Ford was where the N. by.
coming from the W. meets the Avon. 2
Charter of that part of the lands of Burcombe
Without, m. W. of Wilton, which lie S. of
the Nadder river.
B.714. K.1115.
RD. A.D. 937.
1 The meaning of Randa is clear; but
what the reference is I cannot eay, unless
it refers to a fall in the ground near the river.
2 This survey is so puzzling, and the
determination of its landmarks is so uncertain
that I feel that I might have been
wise to leave it out, and say simply that I
had no satisfactory explanation to give of
it. I have, however, as I have said before,
printed my own very doubtful conjectures
in the hope that they may help some future
enquirer towards a more satisfactory explanation
of the important problems which the
survey presents. I say that the problems
are important because the survey uses terms
the exact interpretation of which would be
most helpful to any one working on the AS.
charters. I may say that I have tried the
hypothesis that the grant included some
neighbouring land-unit, as well as the lands
of Enford ; but I cannot make out anything
Resembling a case for such a supposition.