By William Long, Esq. 39 



that in one of the Seaven Barrowes, was lately digged up Coales 

 and pieces of Goates homes or Stagges-hornes. 



" In one of these barrows was found (by the Duke of Buckingham's 

 digging) a Bugle-horne tip't with silver at both ends, w"^*" Mrs. 

 Trotman told me his grace kept in his closet as a great Relique. 



" Neer to the farrae-house of West-Amesbury is a great Ditch 

 where have been found Rowells of Spurres and other thinges : and, 

 Mrs. Trotman. nccr to the Penning is Normanton-ditch, but why so 

 called no tradition. In the field thereby, about 1635 was found by 

 ploughing as much Pewter as was sold for five pounds : it was, they 

 sayd, very pure Pewter, which the Shephards had pitched through 

 in many places when they pitched for their Folds. She told me, 

 no Coines were found there. 



" Within this Farme is a place called Pitt-poole, wherein a King 

 upon his escape riding hastily downe the steep Shoot, was drow- 

 ned.' She told me his name was mentioned in the Chronicle, but 

 I doubt it. 



"Dr. Walter Charlton, Physitian to King Charles II. wrote a 

 Booke entitled Stoneheng restored to the Danes, wherein he hath, 

 shewed a greet deale of Learning in very good Stile.: but as to his 

 'Hypothesis, that it was a work of the Danes, it is a gross mistake 

 for Matthew Paris pag : expressly affirmes, that Stoneheng was 

 the place where the Saxons treacherously massacred the Britons 

 which was .... hundred yeais before the Conquest of the 

 Danes. (I think Symon of Durham and Hen: Huntingdon say 

 the same, vide.) 



Broad Chalk 



Easton Pi o rc 



1665. Finis." 



'Sir R. C. Hoare (Ancient Wilts, i., p. 198), says : " In vain I searched for 

 all these matters, for the remembrance of them exists not even by tradition. 

 I was enabled, however, to ascertain the position of AVest Amesbury Penning, 

 which lies in a little vale between tumuli 134 and 137. The King's grave was 

 a large solitary barrow on the hill above the river, on which a clump of trees 

 has been planted, and is called King Barrow by Dr. Stukeley. Though all 

 traces of the name of Pitt Poole are lost, its situation is clearly pointed out by 

 the Ueepe shoot above the river. I could find no vestiges whatever of any 

 ditch answering Mr. Aubrey's description, on Normanton Farm." 



