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the inside of some fragments are the markings of a brush; oa 

 others of the fingers of the potter. Most are exceedingly 

 well burnt, and the vessels have been formed upon the lathe : 

 many are ornamented with the cross-lined pattern, so common 

 upon Eoman Pottery. The whole present the character of the 

 Upchurch ware ; they are in the full sense of the word, frag- 

 ments, and of vessels of almost every imaginable size and 

 shape. JPater^i JPocula, Lagenis^ are perhaps the most abim- 

 dant. The ware is generally coarse, and contains a large 

 proportion of sand, though some is fine and hard. The vessels 

 appear to have been of that class which were manufactured 

 and used for domestic purposes, but it is very difiicult to 

 recognize theii' original forms. I shall not therefore attempt 

 to classify, but simply describe their general character. 



One fragment only of true Samian ware has been discovered, 

 but it must be mentioned with especial interest from the 

 circumstance of its bearing the mark of Grenitor, a well-known 

 Samian Potter; it is stamped GENITOEF, as it is mentioned 

 in Mr. Neville's list of Potter's Marks, in the 10th Vol., p. 233 

 of the ArchaDological Journal, the letter F being added for 

 fecit. It is the same in Mr. "Wright's List in "The Celt, the 

 Eoman, and the Saxon." And in Mr. Eoach Smith's List of 

 Marks foimd in London, in ''Collectanea Antiqua," Vol. i, 

 p. 152. 



This discovery may not possibly be deemed conclusive in 

 favour of the Grange being a Eoman site, on account of the 

 necessanly admitted fact of Samian ware having continued 

 through the Eomano-British period, even as late as the 

 cemeteries of the Anglo-Saxons. But it at least proves that, 

 intimately mingled as these remains are with the "Coal 

 Money," they are not of earlier date than the Eoman, and I 

 think we have here ample evidence in proof of their being 

 undoubtedly attributable to that people. 



In addition to the potteiy which has been brought to light 

 at this spot, aro a considcxablo quantity of stoaos of various 



