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Brockley Hill is a Romano-British pottery production centre and settlement located in Middlesex, situated on high ground overlooking the River Colne valley. The site, which flourished from the first to third centuries AD, became one of the most significant ceramic manufacturing complexes in Roman Britain, producing large quantities of coarse pottery vessels distributed across the province through a network of trade routes. Excavations have revealed extensive evidence of kiln structures, pottery workshops, and associated domestic occupation, indicating a substantial industrial settlement that operated over several centuries. The pottery produced at Brockley Hill, recognisable by its distinctive forms and fabric, has been found on numerous Romano-British sites throughout southern Britain, demonstrating the commercial importance and wide-reaching influence of this production centre during the Roman period.
Brockley Hill Romano-British pottery and settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018006. View the official record →
Brockley Hill is a Romano-British pottery production centre and settlement located in Middlesex, situated on high ground overlooking the River Colne valley. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018006.
Brockley Hill Romano-British pottery and settlement is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018006.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Linear earthworks in Pear Wood, W of Watling Street (0.4 km), 18th century obelisk commemorating Cassivellaunus, at Brockley Hill, Stanmore (0.8 km), Penne's Place moated site, Aldenham (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Brockley Hill Romano-British pottery and settlement's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Brockley Hill Romano-British pottery and settlement stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.