2,500–year–old Iron Age shoe discovered in Britain

Unearthed from an old well in Somerset, it was made from a single piece of leather thread–stitched up the heel, then laced across the top.

The shoe (above) is approximately 30 centimeters long, corresponding to a modern size 10 male.

There is no base or formal sole; such a feature did not appear in shoes until Roman times, between 43 A.D. and 410 A.D.

The shoe is now in a conservation center in Salisbury, Wiltshire and is expected to go to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter.

For reference, the world's oldest shoes, made of woven grass, are 8,000 years old.

They were found in caves in what is now the southern U.S.