Número del objeto
63/99/27
Descripción
This thirteenth century horseshoe was found by Harold Mair at Cotton Farm near Stone and Littlebrook in the Dartford and Stone Marshes in Kent. It is part of a large collection of horseshoes found by Mr Mair in the Marshes between 1942 and 1948.
Descripción física
1 horse shoe: metal
Historia del archivo
MERL Miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 13 February 2013 – The Harold Mair Collection consists of 272 horseshoes dating from the 10th century to the 20th century. They were found by Harold Mair between 1942 and 1948 at Littlebrook in the Dartford and Stone Marshes in Kent. Mr Mair built up the collection from finds around some re-discovered Saxon tide-walls adjoining an ancient causeway across the marshes. All of the horseshoes, with the exception of six, came from six acres of the enclosure, which had apparently been used as a grazing ground for horses for many centuries. Before his death in 1962, Mr Mair had substantially completed, in manuscript form, a book about his collection, ‘Thames-side Horseshoes from the Dartford and Stone Marshes, Kent’. The collection was shown as a whole at the Marshfield Show, Gloucestershire, in the summer of 1961. MERL has saved Mr Mair’s original labels, although some are missing., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Recorder: SK // Date: 3.7.80 // Description: This shoe appears to be missing. // Dimensions: 4 1/4” x 4 1/4” // Associated information: Found at Cotton Farm; dated at c. C13th. // For further information on this type of shoe see 63/99/1, 2 + 6. // (This shoe also does not appear in Mair’s photographic collection). // References: H. Mair, “Thames-side Horseshoes”.’, Harold Mair, 'Thames-side Horseshoes from the Dartford and Stone Marshes, Kent', no page reference given., Harold Mair Label – ‘27 // cr2jo // Cotton Farm // 4 1/4” x 4 1/4” // 5ozs // 13th Cent.'
Fecha
1200-01-01 - 1299-12-31
Periodo de producción
Thirteenth century
Nombre del objeto
Material
Dimensiones
- Length 108 mm
- Width 108 mm