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Table 21. Summary of the main groups of footwear from excavations in the City of London.
Site |
Site phase |
Datę (century) |
Registered shoes |
Wood pattens |
Leather pattens |
Condition |
Conservation method |
Seal House |
Waterfront I |
early 12th |
8 |
1 |
— |
good |
freeze-drying/ solvent-drying |
Billingsgate |
Period VII |
mid 12th |
13 |
— |
— |
average |
freeze-drying |
Seal House |
Waterfront II |
late 12th |
10 |
— |
— |
average |
freeze-drying/ solvent-drying |
Billingsgate |
Period VIII |
late 12th |
28 |
— |
— |
poor |
freeze-drying |
Milk Street |
Pit 81 |
late 12th |
3 |
— |
— |
average |
freeze-drying/ solvent-drying |
Seal House |
Waterfront III |
early 13th |
21 |
1 |
— |
good |
freeze-drying/ solvent-drying |
Billingsgate |
Periods IX-XI |
early 13th |
38 |
1 |
— |
average |
freeze-drying |
Seal House |
Waterfront IV |
early/mid 13th |
9 |
— |
— |
average |
freeze-drying/ solvent-drying |
Swan Lane |
_(D |
mid/late 13th |
40 |
— |
— |
average |
freeze-drying |
Billingsgate |
Period XII |
mid/late 13th |
16 |
— |
— |
poor |
freeze-drying |
Trig Lane |
Groups 2/3 |
late 13th |
17 |
— |
3 |
poor |
mainly solvent-drying |
Ludgate |
ditch infill |
early 14th |
26 |
poor |
freeze-drying (LUD 82) solvent-drying (LH 74) | ||
Custom House ‘Baynards |
Groups C1/C2 dock |
early/mid 14th |
4 |
1 |
— |
average |
solvent-drying |
Castle' |
construction |
mid 14th |
41 |
— |
— |
very good |
solvent-drying |
Trig Lane |
Group 7 |
mid 14th |
6 |
6 |
3 |
poor |
mainly solvent-drying |
Dowgate ‘Baynards |
dock |
mid 14th |
9 |
average |
unconserved/treated with castor oil | ||
Castle’ |
infill |
late 14th |
417 |
12 |
— |
very good |
solvent-drying |
Trig Lane |
Group 11 |
late 14th |
70 |
4 |
3 |
poor |
mainly solvent-drying |
Billingsgate |
_(l) |
late 14th |
_(2) |
15 |
— |
average |
freeze-drying |
Swan Lane ‘Baynards |
__(D tower |
early 15th |
16 |
— |
1 |
average |
freeze-drying |
Castle’ |
construction |
early/mid 15th |
6 |
1 |
4 |
average |
freeze-drying |
Swan Lane |
_(D |
early/mid 15th |
109 |
2 |
25 |
average |
freeze-drying |
Trig Lane |
Group 15 |
early/mid 15th |
359 |
13 |
143® |
average |
mainly solvent-drying |
(1) site phasing in progress;
(2) excluded from this volume;
(3) includes 128 unconserved ‘bulk’ fragments which were not individually recorded during the excavation and probably represent no morę than 20 complete pattens.