Accession No
Z 16315 E.1-2
Description
Two left foot leather turnshoe soles. The larger shoe's toe is pointed; narrow waist and heel seat. The smaller one's toe is oval; slightly narrowed waist and heel seat.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Peas Hill; King's Ditch
Period
Medieval
Source
Hughes, Thomas McKenny (Professor) [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16315 E.1-2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Leather
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note found with objects reads: 'Leather etc. Peas Hill T. McK. H. 1915 CAMBRIDGE. 83E Z 16315'
[Note: the '1915' refers to the publication date, rather than discovery date. Imogen Gunn 19/10/2023]
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16315 [A-E]: Shoe soles and fragments of shoes.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found at King's Ditch, Peas Hill in 1914 by Professor Thomas McKenny Hughes.
Event Date 1914
Author: maa
Context (References)
Hughes, Thomas McKenny. (1915). 'Some Objects found in the King's Ditch under the Masonic Hall.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 19. pp. 16-27
Event Date 1915
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16315 [A-E]: 'Shoe soles and shoe uppers, ?sandal of wooden base and leather straps attached with iron nails.'
Event Date 25/9/2001
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Display)
On display in Case 1.08b, Shelf 1, Clarke Hall.
Event Date 2012
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Two left foot leather turnshoe soles. The larger shoe's toe is pointed; narrow waist and heel seat. The smaller one's toe is oval; slightly narrowed waist and heel seat.
Event Date 20/10/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:305200
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