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Roman iron hobnails
Hobnailed boot soles consolodated within block-lifted soil from a grave (3rd century A.D.?). The leather has completely decayed as had the body with which they were burried.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.11H/6.6
Find Information
Site Name: Usk, Monmouthshire
Grid Reference: SO 3775 0049
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1973
Notes: Artefact is marked Usk 73 KBF. In an Index to Sheets and Features, context KBF is listed as on sheet 60A along with. contexts HTL, HTN, HTO, HTA and HPE. Context HTA is a Roman Well shown in the publication for the Cattle Market site (Fig. 15, Area 2) and this is the basis for associating this (1973) context with the Cattle Market Site (Area 2).
Measurements
length / mm:290
length / mm:276
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