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mass of matter at disposal, as I greatly desired not to tire your 

 patience, and I must ask your forbearance if, in my anxiety to 

 avoid doing so, I have omitted some interesting matters that you 

 inay think I ought to have commented upon. Pevensey is one of 

 ■the most thoroughly historical places in Sussex, although now only 

 a village ifstead of a flourishing port and town. In the British 

 and lioman periods, and long afterwards, the sea came up the river 

 Ashbourne to where the Castle now stands, and still higher ; and 

 so good was the port for landing, that JuUus Caesar, according 

 to Professor Aii'ey, landed here on his first invasion of Britain. 

 I am aware that this is disputed by other writers, but I think the 

 balance of evidence is in favour of this belief Also, notwith- 

 standing similar controversy existing on the subject, I think it is 

 a,mply proved that this is the site on which the Romans built the 

 regularly fortified toAvn of Anderida, called also by the Britons 

 Cser Andred, and by the Saxons Andredceaster. When the 

 Saxons came to this district, under Ella, they took Anderiia, and 

 totally exterminated the inhabitants. It was afterwards rebuilt, 

 and became again a place of gi-eat importance. The Saxons also 

 called it Peofnesea — the Normans Pevensell, since converted into 

 Pevensey; and in the dialect of the country it is now known as 

 Pcmsey. 



It is clear that the Romans neglected in this instance the 

 rectangular arrangement so usual in Roman and Castra, followed 

 the line of the rising ground, thus producing the irregular, ovai, 

 and island-like form of the enclosure. At this time the southern 

 and eastern sides doubtless occupied a sort of low cliff, washed at 

 every tide by the waters of the ocean, or, at least, by a considerable 

 arm of the sea. A good map of the Castle will be found at page 

 274 in Vol. VI. of the Sussex Archaeological Society's collectionB. 

 It was prepared by Mr. William Figg, F.S.A., at the time of 

 making tlie excavations in the Castle in conjunction with the late 

 Mark Antony Lower. The walls coloured red shew the Roman 

 portions, while those given in grey represent the medijeval 

 additions. The space inclosed by the walls is said to be about 



