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Title: Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Sussex Archaeological Society. 1n
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Publisher: Lewes, Eng. (etc.) Sussex Archaeological Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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m the all-levelling plough. Onlower slopes few have been spared; in the actual valleysfewer still. It is worth remark that, with the exception of a fewhundred yards near Canada (No. 18) and the 700 feetof the covered-way on Barpham Hill (No. 23), no partof the War Dyke from Fairmile Bottom on the west toBarpham Hill on the east, a total distance of over five THE SUSSEX AVAR DYKE 85 miles, serves as a parish boundary. Considering thegreat size of the work at every point where it is stillvisible, this argues it to be either very old or veryrecent; and as no one who has examined it could wellmaintain the latter view of its age, it may safely bewritten down as very old. Its reconstruction as aterrace-way by the Romans on Rewell Hill is proofthat at that spot at any rate it is pre-Roman, and notthe least of its interest is the illustration thereinafforded of the extent to which the Roman road-engineer might go in adopting a pre-existing roadwayas an integral portion of his own road-system.
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SOUTH WICK. By ERNEST FREDK. SALMON. The pleasant village of Southwick has of recent yearslargely increased in population owing to the proximityof Brighton; many whose business avocations are inthe fashionable town preferring the picturesque villagefor their private residence. Sussex is well known for the abundance of Romanremains within its confines, therefore it is not surprisingthat Southwick should possess evidences of the Romandominion in Britain. Early in the last century aRoman villa was identified as having formerly existedon the east side of the present village, situated in whatis now known as Roman Field. Probably it wasthe residence of some high official or wealthy merchantof the neighbouring port (Portus Adurni?); this ismere conjecture; not so, however, the remains, whichhave never since their discovery been properly ex-amined, and to whose existence there are but scantallusions, either in our own collections or otherauthorities. The following account1 of them as givenby

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