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Description: | An iron probable ox shoe dating from the 11th - 17th Century. The shoe consists of a "comma" shaped plate of rusty iron, with two possible nails. A small amount of the plate at each end seems to be missing. Compare KENT-551BC5 and LANCUM-6A6326.KENT-551BC5 notes that: "In England the earliest reference [to ox shoes] is probably dating from the 11th Century when Guibert De Nugent mentions rustics who shod their oxen like horses. The ox has a bifurcated or cloven hoof. An ox shoe is therefore constructed of two separate plates, so that one plate was needed for the outer and one for the inner 'claws' of each foot. They seldom survive to the same degree as horseshoes because they are made of relatively thinner material and this rusts through much more quickly. Ref. Old Horseshoes, Shire Album 19, Ivan Sparkes, Shire Publishing, page inside cover and 28-29."
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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