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Shoes from Newstead, Roxburghshire

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Postcard of Shoes from Newstead, Roxburghshire.
000-000-136-609-C
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Shoes from Newstead, Roxburghshire

These leather shoes were found at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. They illustrate the range of footwear worn by soldiers between 80 and 180 AD.

The shoes include examples where the soles were nailed or stitched to the bottom layers, sandals and one-piece shoes. The smallest sandal was for a child.

Leather was used for a wide range of objects necessary to a Roman soldier, including tents, saddles, harness, shoes, clothing, belts, purses, bags, shields and shield covers. The specialist Roman leatherworkers used a wide range of tools for their work.


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Online ID: 000-000-136-609-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0035: Early Scottish Shelter - Life in the Prehistoric Home (multimedia essay)
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.FRA 114
Date: Between 80 and 180 AD
c. 100
c. 100 - 120
Material: Leather; large oval holes for the latchet
Leather; pierced ornament of lines radiating from the latchet holes
Leather; pierced reticulated upper
Dimensions: 10.50" L
6.75" L
9.00" L
9.75" L
What: Calceus / shoe
Calceus / shoe
Sandal, child's
Shoe
Subject:
Who: Newstead Collection
Newstead Collection
Newstead Collection
Newstead Collection
Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Event:
Description: Leather calceus from Newstead, c. 100 - 120 A.D.
Leather calceus from Newstead, c. 100 A.D.
Leather shoe with pierced ornament of lines radiating from the latchet holes, from Newstead
Child's sandal from Newstead
References:
  • 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. 
  • Curle, J. A Roman frontier post and its people: the fort of Newstead. Glasgow: MacLehose, 1911, pp 150-3, Pl. XX. 
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