09-30-2012, 01:48 PM
Thanks All for your comments heres an "Allandale" type boot this is from an early find from CUT(Xantan) though I think its appropriate to post it here. I believe its a bit earlier then the wooden forts at Vindolanda, where there are at least two childrens shoes that follows the same basic pattern. A large size approximately 13-14 UK not particularly broad though it makes you wonder just how big the guy was who wore them. These were made for a display.
[attachment=5304]AllendaleCUTsmall.jpg[/attachment]
primary source for the reconstruction: personal observations of the suprisingly complete original, the original shoe is recently published in Xantaner Berichte 14.
[attachment=5304]AllendaleCUTsmall.jpg[/attachment]
primary source for the reconstruction: personal observations of the suprisingly complete original, the original shoe is recently published in Xantaner Berichte 14.
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
