SULLONIACAE
(Brockley Hill) Hertfordshire, England.
The site, 19.2 km from London and 14.4
from Verulamium on Iter II of the
Antonine Itinerary,
is partly built on and has no visible remains. Finds point
to continuous occupation from ca. A.D. 60, with pre-Roman activity. It was presumably a small town or roadside settlement, although little is known of its buildings. Its importance lay in the production of pottery ca. A.D.
65-150. The extent of the kilns is unknown, but they belonged to a complex of related potteries including Radlett ca. 3 km away, and probably unknown sites nearer London. The potteries sold most of their products locally,
but they also specialized in mortaria which were sold
throughout the province, accounting for about half of
those in use in Britain ca. A.D. 70-120. They were stamped
with the maker's name: Bruccius, Doinus, Lallans, Matugenus (die found), Melus and Ripanus (Q. Rutilius) are well attested. The potteries were favorably situated, with Verulamium and London providing large local markets and major roads radiating to all regions of Britain. Finds are in the London Museum.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
C. E. Vulliamy,
The Archaeology of
Middlesex and London (1930) 202-7; various authors
in
Trans. London and Middlesex Arch. Soc. n.s. 10
(1951) 1-23
PI, 201-28
PI; 11 (1954) 173-88
PI, 259-76
PI;
18 (1955) 60-64
I; 19 (1956) 64-75
PI; notes on potters
outdated: see S. S. Frere,
Verulamium Excavations I
(1971); Reports of Research Comm., Soc. Ant. London 28 (1971).
K. F. HARTLEY
