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HORSESHOE
Unique ID: NLM-C2A9C5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Wrought Iron
Horseshoe. Complete iron shoe with a broad web and a distinctive key-hole shaped space between its branches. Traces of three nail holes appear along one edge of the shoe, one apparently occupied by the stub of a square-headed nail. A slight calkin remains at the end of one one The arms and toe end of the shoe bend markedly, as if attached to a hoof of notably concave or convex form. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700.
Length: 133mm, Width (overall): 113mm, Width (of arms): 34mm, Thickness: 11mm, Weight: 300gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 133 mm
Width: 113 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 300 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 30th November 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM16775
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Roxby cum Risby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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