Stepping forward in time - mid 2nd century shoes

[Martin Moser]

For completeness' sake here is the finished shoe:





As it was often the case, I strenghtened the inside of the loops with a second layer of leather whipped to the upper:



The shoe is based on a find from Bar Hill, published in:

Robertson, Anne, Margaret Scott and Lawrence Keppie: Bar Hill: A Roman Fort and its Finds. British Archaeological Reports 16, 1975

and:

Macdonald G. & Park A., The Roman forts on the Bar Hill, Dumbartonshire. Glasgow 1906.