found at Newstead, Roxburghshire
Add to albumThis 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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- Online ID: 000-100-036-788-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland X.FRA 78
- Date: Between 90 and 110 AD
c. 100
- Material: Leather; large oval holes for the latchet
Calceus / shoe
- Dimensions: 10.50" L
- What: Calceus / shoe
- Subject:
- Who: Newstead Collection
- Where: Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
- Event:
- Description:
- 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.
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