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Kristina Killgrove

8 ancient Roman shoes of 'exceptional size' discovered at Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall

A person with light skin and blue latex gloves holds a brown leather shoe sole.

Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that measure more than 11.8 inches (30 centimeters) long.

The finds add to the archaeologists' growing collection of supersized ancient footwear found at the ancient fort, known as Magna. The researchers now have eight of these extra-extra-large shoes — a quarter of the total found at the site.

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