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At Avisford near Arundel in 1817, a most interesting tomb was dis- 
covered on the estate of Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., containing a great 
many pieces of different-shaped pottery, and two glass vessels ; one an 
urn twelve inches high by eight inches broad, of a light transparent 
sea-green colour, very thick, and nearly full of calcined bones ; the 
other a small vessel, something similar to the one just found. I have 
also seen portions of a very fine glass urn discovered at Warburton 
near Arundel, eight or ten inches high, of a round shape having 
handles, containing burnt bones and a brass coin of Vespasian. 
I have been present at two discoveries of Roman funereal vessels 
in this neighbourhood besides the one just mentioned, and possess 
specimens from each: one at Park Crescent near Worthing in 1826, 
and one on the Downs at Findon, Sussex, in 1823; and in both of 
these the pottery was much of the same description, but containing 
no ornamented or glass vessels. 
It is probable that these deposits were like the vaults or cemeteries 
of the present day ; those that I have seen would indicate such an 
idea, the urns being placed about four feet apart. These Roman, or 
perhaps Romanized British tombs, have no mark like the British or 
Saxon tumuli on the Downs to direct the antiquarian, and are only 
occasionally met with in cutting for roads or buildings, and when 
found the vessels are commonly broken in the expectation of finding 
coins, or are carelessly destroyed. 
On the coast of the adjoining parish of Lancing may be observed large 
blocks of recent breccia or pudding-stone, not far from the Sluice. 
Many acres of land have been recovered from the sea in this 
parish, which formerly extended as an estuary some distance beyond 
Bramber Castle. In 1684 Sir William Goring embanked 600 acres 
of land, by which a farm called the ‘Salts’ was joined to his other 
