05-17-2016, 12:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-17-2016, 01:15 PM by Crispianus.)
The Roman Fort of Mediobogdum is situated on a spur projecting south-westwards from the impossing looming crags of Hardknot fell, to the north lies Scarfell pike and immediatly to the south lies the roman road that crosses Hardknott pass
connecting the forts at Ambelside with Ravenglass....
Here in this bleak and forbidding (albeit beautifull on occasion) location the IV Cohort of Delmatians built a Fort from local sand stone "For The Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, son of the diefied Trajan, conqueror of Parthia, grandson of the diefied Nerva, pontifix maximus, ....thrice consul..., .... the emperors propraetorian govenor, the Forth Cohort of Delmatians(set this up)"
Its tantalising to speculate (not unreasonably) that these shoes may have been worn by one of these men....
Dating: Hadrianic.
Length of original 24cm approx, length of reconstruction allowing for 15% shrinkage, 28cm approx.
Material: Vegetable tanned cow hide throughout.
Sources:
"Leather Found in Mediobogdum, the Roman fort of Hardknott" Charlesworth.D 1973 (for the shoes)
"Hardknott Roman Fort Cumbria" Bidwell.P, Snape.M, Croom.A. CWAAS Research series No9 (inscription)
connecting the forts at Ambelside with Ravenglass....
Here in this bleak and forbidding (albeit beautifull on occasion) location the IV Cohort of Delmatians built a Fort from local sand stone "For The Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, son of the diefied Trajan, conqueror of Parthia, grandson of the diefied Nerva, pontifix maximus, ....thrice consul..., .... the emperors propraetorian govenor, the Forth Cohort of Delmatians(set this up)"
Its tantalising to speculate (not unreasonably) that these shoes may have been worn by one of these men....
Dating: Hadrianic.
Length of original 24cm approx, length of reconstruction allowing for 15% shrinkage, 28cm approx.
Material: Vegetable tanned cow hide throughout.
Sources:
"Leather Found in Mediobogdum, the Roman fort of Hardknott" Charlesworth.D 1973 (for the shoes)
"Hardknott Roman Fort Cumbria" Bidwell.P, Snape.M, Croom.A. CWAAS Research series No9 (inscription)
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
