Bristol

• Bristol is a port and city located on the river Avon which developed during the Medieval Period.
• There are vestiges of Iron Age Hill Forts and Roman Villas located in the area.

Sea Mills

• Sea Mills is a suburb of Bristol which was the Roman port of Portus Abonae and was used to cross the Avon and reach the Roman Legionary Fort at Caerleon in Wales.

Museums

• Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
  • Located at Queens road, Bristol.
  • The museum holds artefacts that were excavated from the buried site of Pagan’s Hill Roman Temple at Chew Stoke (not open to the Public).
  • It also holds the Orpheus mosaic removed from the site of a Roman Villa at Newton St. Loe (not open to the Public).

Roman Roads

• Iter XIV of the Antonine Itinerary shows a Roman Route passing from Sea Mills to Bath.
  • Caerleon (Isca Silurum)
  • Caerwent (Venta Silrum)
    • Crossing of the River Avon by Ferry.
  • Sea Mills (Abona)
  • Traiectus?
  • Bath (Aquae Sulis)
  • Sandy Lane (Verlucio)
  • Mildenhall (Cunetio)
  • Newbury (Spinae)
  • Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum)

Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery