Record ID: NCL-536D56
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete iron horseshoe of modern date (c. AD 1850-1920). With a broadly oval plan and break at its rear end, this horseshoe has a protruding toe-clip at the front and two symmetrical caulkins (downward facing projections) at the rear. Because of universal corrosion no nails or nail holes are visible. The horseshoe has a broadly irregular plan, suggesting that it was handmade. The large size suggests it was worn by a large draught horse. Toe-clips were routinely added to horseshoes after 1850 to add stability to the hoof in the shoe, while caulkins have been a feature of hor…
Created on: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 28th August 2023
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Record ID: IOW-D223E3
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval wrought iron horseshoe. The shoe is 106mm wide by 119mm long. There are three nail holes visible on each branch of the shoe, with two blocked by square-headed iron rivet and one empty rectangular perforation where the nail is missing on both branches. The narrowed heels lack calkins but thicken slightly. The width of the web is 25mm. The metal is spalled and corroded. Cf. Clark, J. The Medieval Horse and its Equipment, p.120-123, Type 4. AD14-15th century.
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
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Record ID: BH-45EF89
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete forged/wrought iron wavy rimmed horseshoe of Clark type 2B dating to the Medieval period (c. 1150-1300). The shoe is crescent shaped and broadly rectangular in cross-section. The wavy outside edges consist of three rounded lobes while the inner edge is arched and slightly correspondingly lobed. Each lobe has a punched sub-oval/square-shaped nail hole in the centre, all of which are infilled with deposition residue. The heels are slightly inclined together. The calkins projecting from the upper surface at the end of each heel are broadly rectangular in plan and cross section…
Created on: Thursday 24th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-52E47B
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Forged wrought iron late Medieval horseshoe. The shoe is 113mm wide by 127mm long with a length to width ratio of 1.12. There are three un-recessed and un-fullered rectangular nail holes visible on each branch of the shoe, only one of which penetrates through the full thickness. Pronounced calkins (7-8mm perpendicular deflection) formed by the bending of the iron plate survive on the heel of each branch. For the size of the shoe the web is quite broad (34.5mm). There has been much spalling of metal from the surface of the shoe due to corrosion and the lamellar structure of the iron, t…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2021
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Record ID: NARC-B7D0EB
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron Horseshoe of Post-Medieval date (AD 1650 - 1800). Keyhole type. The shoe is of rectangular section. The central aperture is approximately 'keyhole' shaped from which the type derives its name. The object has two visible sub-rectangular nail holes and two retained remnants of rectangular nails. At the mid-point of the object is a fracture which does not extend through the thickness of the object, however its form is slightly distorted. There is a large amount of corrosion adhering to the surface of the object. Length: 122.86mm, Width: 128.14mm, Thickness: 10.0…
Created on: Friday 13th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th March 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6E989E
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete hammered iron horseshoe, possibly a Guildhall shoe, dating to the Medieval period (c. AD 1250-1550). This remaining part consists of the outer right branch with a missing calkin. On the branch there is the fullering with 3 sub-square nail holes. The horseshoe is D-shaped in plan and in cross section. The front is convex and the reverse is flat. It is in very poor condition and is covered by a brownish-orange patina with traces of corrosion towards the edges. It measures 26.5mm in width at the maximum point on the outer branch and 7mm at the inner branch, 12mm at the calk…
Created on: Monday 29th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-EC27C3
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval iron horseshoe fragment, 91mm long and 20mm wide with a weight of 54g. The fragment represents just under half a shoe, has a rectangular cross section and a curved tapering form. It has one inner flat edge and the outer edge is 'lobate' with rounded projections. These allow for oval shaped recesses with rectangular holes to accommodate the nails. There are three such holes in the fragment, two of which still contain the rectangular cross sectioned nails. The fragment terminates with a narrow rectangular cross sectioned end which is folded over itself. The fragment f…
Created on: Monday 28th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
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Record ID: BH-AAFF1B
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete forged/wrought, relatively small, iron wavy rimmed horseshoe of Clark type 2B dating from the medieval period (c. 1150-1300). The shoe is crescent shaped and broadly rectangular in cross-section. The wavy outside edges consist of three rounded lobes while the inner edge is arched and also slightly correspondingly lobed. Each rounded lobe has a punched sub-oval/square-shaped nail hole in the centre. The heels are slightly inclined together. The calkins projecting from the upper surface at the end of each heel are broadly rectangular in plan and cross section, one of which is…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-03AA3C
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron horse shoe of later Medieval or Post Medieval date (1250-1550). The elongated shape of the shoe indicates it was for a rear hoof. The web of the shoe is unusually wide with an arched top to the narrow inner gap. Looking at the ground surface the shoe has lost most of its left hand branch and is heavily corroded giving it an uneven surface. On the left hand side there are three nail holes, all with protruding iron nail heads in place, and positioned opposite, on the broken branch, are two broadly rectangular nail holes, now filled by corrosion. So the shoe had a 3:3 …
Created on: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kempley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-CC1CCE
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron keyhole type Horseshoe of Post-Medieval date (AD 1650 - 1800). The shoe is of rectangular section. The central aperture is approximately 'keyhole' shaped from which the type derives its name. The object has four visible sub-rectangular nail holes and there are three retained remnants of nails. There is moderate amount of corrosion adhering to the surface of the object. Length: 115.54mm, Width: 117.05mm, Thickness: 10.09mm, Weight: 249g. Similar horseshoes are discussed in Sparkes (1976) Old Horseshoes, p.20-21
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2018
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Record ID: NARC-CC0B41
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron Clark type 4 horseshoe of Medieval date (AD 1300-1400). The branches are equal in length and incline upwards at the heel. There is no evidence of thickening or calkins at the heel. The shoe has six countersunk square nail holes. One nail has been partially retained. The shoe in plan is flat and is probably a saddle shoe. The object is missing small portions of its heal. Length: 109.81mm, Width: 102.66mm, Thickness: 8.51mm, Weight: 170g. Ref: Ivan G. Sparkes. Old Horseshoes. Page 15.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-D67DBD
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron horseshoe (in two pieces) of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date, about AD 1250 - 1600. It is of Clark type 4 (Clark, 2004, The Medieval Horse and its Equipment). It has a fairly narrow inner profile and no obvious calkins. The shoe has three nail holes on one side and four on the other with six rectangular headed nails extant or partially extant, each standing proud of the shoe. The horseshoe is sub-rectangular in section, being convex on the ground surface and flat on the foot surface. The web measures 31.6mm at its widest point and narrows down to 22mm at one heel, and …
Created on: Monday 5th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-FF697F
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete wrought iron horseshoe of later medieval date. It has a rounded outer edge and an inner profile resembling a pointed arch. The artefact is highly corroded but generally survives well. The length is 115mm, the width is 117mm and the weight 126.32g. The style and size suggest a draught shoe and probably a dove shoe of circa 14th to late 15th century. Reference Ivan. G. Sparkes, Old Horseshoes, Page 15. This 'later medieval' form can be found illustrated in Clark (1986, 3; fig. 8). Clark, J., 1995. The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.1150 - c.1450. London : HMSO,…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-094174
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron bevelled key hole type horseshoe of post-medieval date, (1550-1880). The object is a typical U-shape in plan with a keyhole profile in the centre and is almost complete. The calkins are rounded and worn. The number and location of the nail holes cannot be determined due to corrosion. This horse shoe is very similar to one on page 41 of Bailey, G. 1997. Detector finds 3. Greenlight (Witham, Essex). The length is 155mm and the width is 128mm.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: NARC-D1F454
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron horseshoe of probable Medieval date (AD 1250 - 1500). The horseshoe is Clark's "Transitional" or "Later medieval" types It retains a portion of a broad web and a broad margin between the outer edge of the shoe and the nail holes however neither terminating end retains a calkin. One rectangular nail holes is visible on the right hand branch. The metal is a dark brown in colour with a corroded patina, Height: 132.44 mm, Width: 149.49mm, Thickness: 9.97mm, Weight: g Clark, P 123, No 274
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2017
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Record ID: BERK-020F92
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete forged, wrought iron horseshoe of later medieval or post-medieval date. The horseshoe has heavy calkins (not rolled) measuring 17.4mm thick, and the nail holes are rectangular some of which are countersunk. Two nails remain in place and these have square heads, not the fiddle key heads characteristic of earlier medieval horseshoes. There is no fullering line around the nail holes. A very similar horseshoe is illustrated in Ward-Perkins (1954:117 fig. 37.5), which is from the Guildhall Museum and is date from the 15th or early 16th century AD.
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-1B51B2
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval horseshoe dating 1600 to 1700AD. The horshoe is a worn and corroded keyhole type horseshoe with equal branches and the heels inclined. Due to corrosion deposits no nail holes are evident and is probably a draught shoe. The length is 135mm, the width is 143mm.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9593B8
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded iron keyhole type horseshoe of post-Medieval date. The horseshoe is 'U' shaped and of flat section, the upper surface sloping down towards the central aperture. There are at least four rectangular nail holes visible, near to the outer edge, including one which retains the head of a nail.
Created on: Friday 4th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-93A978
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded forged iron dove type horseshoe from the Medieval period. The horseshoe is broadly 'U' shaped, the outer edge having a slight 'bulge' at the points where the seven rectangular nail holes have been inserted. The shoe is of flat section, with a right-angled downward bend, or 'calkin', at the left-hand heel.
Created on: Friday 4th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-8A3711
Object type: HORSESHOE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded forged iron horseshoe from the Medieval period. The shoe is 'U' shaped in plan, of flat section and has at least five rectangular nail holes. On the underside, there are the remains of a right-angled calkin at the right heel. A second such projection is located halfway down the opposite side.
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.