1884.92.36

Collection type

Object

Description

Leather shoe sole

Long description

Inner, middle and outer sole of a leather shoe held together with a piece of string. Four nails (one has now come away from the sole) attache the three pieces together. [CG [Excav. PR] 11/11/2013]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Greater London City of London EC2 London Wall

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Roman

Date collected

1866

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Iron Metal

Dimensions

Thick: max 9 mm, Width: max 58 mm, Length: max 187 mm, Weight 3 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.92.36

Research and responses

Pitt Rivers excavated part of the London Wall in October to December 1866 at the site of a foundation of a new wool warehouse, the site was 70 x 200 feet. He found fragments of pottery, metal and leatherwork, Roman coins, animal bones [see Bowden, 1991]. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Pitt Rivers monitored excavations happening at London Wall between October and December 1866. He published two papers on this in 1867. His work was also heavily referenced in a 1906 paper by Norman and Reader. Full references: Lane Fox, A. 1867a. ‘On objects of the Roman period found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall’ Archaeological Journal 24:61-64; Lane Fox, A. 1867b. ‘A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of pile buildings.’ Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5:71-83; Norman, P. and Reader, F.W. 1906. ‘Recent discoveries in connection with Roman London.’ Archaeologia 60:169-250 [CB 8/12/2009]

Associated publications

Lane Fox, A.H. 1867. Objects found at great depth in the vicinity of the old London Wall. Archaeological Journal 24: 61-64. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013] Lane-Fox, A.H. 1867. A description of certain piles found near London Wall and Southwark, possibly the remains of Pile Buildings. Journal of the Anthropological Society of London 5: lxxi-lxxxiii. [Dan Hicks 29/07/2013]

Search terms: Clothing Footgear, Boot, Shoe, Nail