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HORSESHOE
Unique ID: KENT-277142
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete, Medieval-Tudor, forged/wrought, rusty iron Guildhall probable draught horseshoe. The shoe is a fair size, relatively broad with a rounded outer edge and arched inner edge. The point of the arch disappears by the early C16th. The shoe has fairly long branches with the heels inclined together. Calkins are present although on is turned down a little more than the other. There are seven or possibly eight square nail holes. The surface is very corroded/encrusted. The horseshoe is likely to date to 1375-1500. Ref. Old Horsehoes, Shire Album 19, Ivan G. Sparkes, Shire Publishing, page 11-16 and inside cover, no. 4 and Detector Finds 3, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1997, page 40-41. The horseshoe is 121.18mm long, 124.59mm wide, 15.26mm thick and weighs 346g.
Notes:
West Kent Detector Club co-operative effort with West Kent Archaeological Society and Darent Valley Archaeological Project. Ref. FF LF(B)11 088
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1375
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 121.18 mm
Width: 124.59 mm
Thickness: 15.26 mm
Weight: 346 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th July 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: FF LF(B)011 088
Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Sevenoaks (District)
To be known as: SEVENOAKS
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, G. | 1997 | Detector Finds 3 | Chelmsford | Greenlight Publishing | 40-41 | ||
| Sparkes, I.G. | 1976 | Old Horseshoes | Shire Publications Ltd | 11-16 & inside cover | 4 |
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