Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county . often found in natural chalk I am ofopinion that the chalk was used as such and has notbeen produced from lime by the action of carbonic acidin the air and rain water. If lime had been used Ishould expect to have found quite a considerable propor-tion of calcium silicate or other silicate soluble in coldhydrochloric acid, produced by the action of the limeon sand or other siliceous matter, as is the case incement, mortar, &c, although probably to a smaller extent than in those substances. Eesults op Analy
Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county . often found in natural chalk I am ofopinion that the chalk was used as such and has notbeen produced from lime by the action of carbonic acidin the air and rain water. If lime had been used Ishould expect to have found quite a considerable propor-tion of calcium silicate or other silicate soluble in coldhydrochloric acid, produced by the action of the limeon sand or other siliceous matter, as is the case incement, mortar, &c, although probably to a smaller extent than in those substances. Eesults op Analysis. Moisture 0*90 per cent. Loss on Ignition (mainly organic matter) . L06 ,, „ Sand, Stones, &c 21 -03 „ Earthy matter 5-60 ,, Calcium Silicate 0-28 ,, Oxide of Iron and Alumina 0*70 Calcium Carbonate 71*07 ,, Calcium Sulphate Traces. Caustic Lime Absent. Slaked Lime Absent. E. A. Cripps. The Laboratory, Davigdor Eoad, Hove,Dec. 11th, 1913. Specimens of the various kinds of stones used in theconstruction of the vallum have been deposited in theSocietys Museum at Lewes,. STEYNING CHURCH. By PHILIP M. JOHNSTON, , Having lately conducted the British ArchaeologicalAssociation on a visit to Steyning, Amberley andArundel, I was asked by the Association to put mynotes into a paper for publication in their Journal) andby the courtesy of their Council I am permitted to offerthe following modified and extended version, togetherwith the illustrations, for printing in our own have taken the opportunity of adding a number offresh illustrations. Steyning Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, owes itsorigin to Cuthman, the shepherd-saint, a Westcountry-man, who, in about the middle of the eighth century,came here, pushing before him a wicker wheelbarrow, inwhich was his mother. An accident to this primitivevehicle provoked the idle mirth of some Steyning hay-makers, who were fitly and promptly discomfited by aheavy shower ; and the field which witnessed theirill
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