found at Newstead, Roxburghshire
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Shoe
This leather shoe was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort of Newstead in Roxburghshire. It is a type known as a calceus, and was worn between 90 and 110 AD.
Leather calceus from Newstead, c. 100 A.D.
A variety of shoes have been found in Roman Britain, included examples where the soles were nailed or stitched to the bottom layers, sandals and one-piece shoes. Surviving where conditions are favourable, they show changing fashions over time.
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000-100-036-788-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland X.FRA 78 |
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Between 90 and 110 AD c. 100
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Material: |
Leather; large oval holes for the latchet
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Dimensions: |
10.50" L
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What: |
Calceus / shoe
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Who: |
Newstead Collection
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Where: |
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
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- Clarke, D.V., Breeze, D.J., and Mackay, Ghillean. The Romans in Scotland. An introduction to the collections of the National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland. Edinburgh: National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1980, p 37.
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