Cattewater Wreck Shoes (77CW174 etc)
Finds recovered from Fort Bovisand December 2009
Finds No. Description from label and comments
73CW23 Base of Mallet shape wine bottle 115mm diameter
76CW10 Part of lasting margin of sole, probably heel end. Not flesh-edge seam and therefore either a repair or post 1600
77CW151 Strap. Probably too large for a shoe. Belt?
77CW174 Lab No 77/0/L5. Right foot forepart sole with edge flesh seam, 5 stitches/in. Broken at waist and part of the lasting margin missing. Poss. Pair to 135
77CW174 Lab No. 77 Leather 5. Part of lasting margin of quarters. Ditto of sole forepart with straight cut, again implying cobbling lace. Part upper with ? side seam and scalloped and pierced edge; ? slot for lace. Part of upper ?. post 1600, 4 stitches/in
77CW234 Rope fragment 9.6mm diameter 95mm long
77CW256 Part of quarters of shoe with side seam 8.5 stitches/in
78CW66 Heel seat, post 1600
78CW252A Vamp of square ? toed shoe 1530s style. Only 2 stitch holes remain with 0.45in stitch length, i.e. stitching incomplete unless lasting margin has been subsequently cut off implying cobbling
78CW252 Lamina from 252A
78CW286 Strap, probably not from shoe
78CW300 2 parts of upper lasting margin, 6.5 stitches/in
78CW300 Part of delaminated vamp with section of seam, 5 stitches / in
78CW360 9 rope fragments, Z laid, 14mm diameter, longest 80mm
78CW366 Right sole man’s blunt pointed toe. . Early 17th C. Most of lasting margin missing. About 3.5 stitches/in
78CW370 2 laminated upper with pierced design in triangular shape, probably from the quarters. Early 17thC
78CW370 Heel seat and parts of welt of same shoe. Early 17th C
78CW370 Vamp, 4.5 stitches/in. Early 17th C
78CW370 Part vamp and quarters with stitch holes
? CW ? Right foot sole 230mm long. Label missing.
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References
Cattewater Wreck
Cattewater Wreck, 3H Consulting Ltd
Redknap M., 1984, The Cattewater Wreck: The investigation of an armed vessel of the early sixteenth century, BAR British Series 131 NMN ARC. Series no 8, Oxford
