Record ID: WAW-0685E3
Object type: SANDAL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman (c. AD 43 to c. 410) leather shoe or boot sole with iron hobnails: The sole of the shoe or boot is comprised of a leather outer sole, which faces the ground, a leather central sole (a lamina), and then a thin leather inner sole, all of which are incomplete, fragile as the leather is now dry and cracked. Overall, when viewed from the outer sole, the shoe is a sub-oval in plan with one lateral edge being slightly concave and the other convex suggesting it was worn on the left foot. The heels edges are incomplete on the outer sole, but missing from the centre and inner sole. The ou…
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.