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
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| Material: |
Leather; large oval holes for the latchet
Leather; pierced ornament of lines radiating from the latchet holes
Leather; pierced reticulated upper
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| Dimensions: |
10.50" L
6.75" L
9.00" L
9.75" L
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| What: |
Calceus / shoe
Calceus / shoe
Sandal, child's
Shoe
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| Subject: |
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| Who: |
Newstead Collection
Newstead Collection
Newstead Collection
Newstead Collection
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| Where: |
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
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| Event: |
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| 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
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| 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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