Sea Mills

• Sea Mills is a suburb of the city of Bristol located on the Avon Gorge.
• It was a Roman Port called Portus Abona. No visible Remains exist above ground.

Roman Port

• Sea Mills was the Roman port and settlement of Portus Abonae or Abona, on the junction of the river Avon and the river Trym.
• According to the Antonine Itinerary, Sea Mills was manned by a unit of the Legio II Augusta which ran the Ferry Crossing over the Avon.
• The Ferry connected the Legionary Fortress of Caerleon with Silchester and London.

Roman Roads

• Iter XIV
  • Iter XIV of the Antonine Itinerary shows Sea Mills was part of a ferry crossing Route between the Legionary Fortress of Caerleon and Silchester:
    • 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)

Sea Mills, Bristol