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234 ΤΗΕ δΑχ Ο Ν LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. 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.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ Granted by King Aethelstan to the nunnery at Wilton. Hides. 6. Name : Brydancumh. Ident. K. none. B. Burcombe, Wilts. The survey is of the AS. age. Survey. 1. Of Noddre Stathe up ofer East Cumb swa se Stan Hrycg scyt ut to than Haethanne Byrgelse : ' From the Bank of the Nadder River up over East Combe as the Stone Ridge runs to the Heathen Burialplace.' Noddre Stath is where the E. by. leaves the Nadder, 3 fur. E. by S. of Burcombe church, and runs S. The east combe is the hollow which the E. by. runs up f m. S. of the last point. The stone ridge would appear to be the promontory which the E. by. traverses on Hunts Down (OMi). The heathen burialplace must have been on this down, at or close to the SE. corner of the parish. 2. Thonne west andlang Hricges swa se Herepoth seeat to tham to tham beorge to Seorte Hrythrum : ' Then west along the Ridge as the Highway runs to the Barrow to the Short . . . ,' 1 The ridge is the great ridge which runs all along the S. by. of the parish. There are numerous tumuli along this ridge, tumuli which are mentioned in other charters (B.832, B.862, B.1004). The Beorh in the present case was probably at the SW. corner of the parish, ι fur. N. of Compton Hut. The unknown word in the landmark seems to be associated with the bottom of an escarpment ; and therefore the landmark was probably at the extreme W. corner of the parish at the extreme W. end of the wood known as Burcombe Ivers (OMi). The herepath is a great ridgeway. 2 3. Thonne forth be Tfre oth Hringwoldes Treow : 'Then on by the Escarpment as far as Hringwold's Tree.' The by. turns E. along the bottom of the slope of the ridge till it abuts on a track coming over the ridge from the SSW. The tree was probably where the by. met the track. Cf. Burcombe Ivers (OMi). 1 For note on this word of unknown 2 For a description of this road see Arch. meaning see p. 195. Journ. vol. lxxv, 1918, ' Ancient Highwaysof Wilts.,' road 57, p. 106.
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