Iron horseshoe, discovered at the Beer Quarry Caves site in Devon in 2007, believed to be the oldest horseshoe found in the West Country. Possible remnant of a period when 80 horse drawn wagons were employed at the quarry, hauling stone.
Horseshoe 14th century
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- Location
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Probably on site at the quarry
- Culture
- Period
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Mid-14th century
- Theme
- Size
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- H:
- 15cm
- W:
- 10cm
- Colour
- Material
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Comments
Though this horseshoe is some 600 years old I have an older shoe being a Celtic horseshoe which would be about up to 2000 years old. This shoe has been verified by the Reading Museum of Agriculture. As I am a farrier it is very dear to me .