Find Spot MPM2126 - Leather shoe fragments, Portsmouth Harbour

Three fragments of leather shoe dating to between the 16th and 19th century recovered from Portsmouth Harbour in 2017 during the Queen Elizabeth Class Capital Dredge Project.

Three fragments of leather shoe recovered from Portsmouth Harbour during dredging as part of the Queen Elizabeth Class Capital Dredge Project in 2017. The fragments were possibly from the same shoe and included the heel, which had wooden pegs, the inner sole and outer sole. They appeared to be from a right shoe approximately 7-8 men's size/6.5-7.5 women's. They dated from between the 16th and 19th century.

UID: BWL8_0002 in Queen Elizabeth Class Capital Dredge Project report.

Wessex Archaeology, 2018, Queen Elizabeth Class Capital Dredge Project Her Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth: Archaeological Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SPM646.