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HORSESHOE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-5F136E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A incomplete and worn/corroded type 2 horseshoe from the medieval period of c.900-c.1050. Only the left branch survives and has four punched sub-rectangular holes which has expanded the outer edge leaving a wavy outer outline. One nail is still in situ and is of the fiddle key type and the heel has a folded calkin. The dimensions are: Length: 113.33 mm. Thickness: 6.99 mm. Weight: 88 grams.
Reference: John Clark. The Medieval Horse and it's equipment. Page 86. Type 2 (2b) and plate 64 (a) Fiddle key nail.
Notes:
Found in a waterlogged environment (floodplain)
Class: Clark type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 900
Date to: Circa AD 1050
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 113.33 mm
Width: 71.31 mm
Thickness: 6.99 mm
Weight: 88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th March 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nr Wimborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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