Saalburg No. 209 Ramshaw Boots
A pair of Ramshaw type boots fashioned after the find No. 209 from the Saalburg, Germany. Variants do occur, differing both in height and in how much of the vamp they cover. This one features only 2 pairs of lacing holes. Nailing pattern from that same find. Similar shoes have also been found at Vindolanda.
Literature
- Driel-Murray, C. van: Footwear in the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire. in Goubitz/Van Driel-Murray/Groenman-van Wateringe: Stepping Through Time. Archeological Footwear from Prehistoric Times until 1800, Zwolle 2001.
- Busch, Anna Lisa: Die römerzeitlichen Schuh- und Lederfunde der Kastelle Saalburg, Zugmantel and Kleiner Feldberg. Saalburg Jahrbuch 22, 1965.
- Groenman-van Waateringe, W.: Romeins lederwerk uit Valkenburg Z.H., Groningen 1967.
- Driel-Murray, C. van, John Peter Wild et al.: Vindolanda. Research Reports, New Series. Vol. III The Early Wooden Forts. 1993