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Horseshoes - The Gallo Roman Type,

This display of photographs and drawings of Gallo-Roman horseshoes accompanies the collection of 272 horseshoes found by Harold Mair in the Dartford and Stone Marshes in Kent between 1942 and 1948.

1 drawing: paper

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: JMB // Date: 15.7.85 // Description: HORSE-SHOES – THE GALLO ROMAN TYPE // A display of photographs and drawings of gallo-Roman horseshoes. // Dimensions: Light wood frame 64.0cm wide x 57.0cm high. // Associated information: This came with the collection of 272 horseshoes … There are other photographs and albums in the document collection. See Document Index. // References:’

Photograph, Drawing

Mair, Gordon (Agent)
Annable, F. K. (Agent)