The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . i known as DanesGraves, situated in the parish of Driffield, Mr J, R. Mortimer^and Canon Greenwell, in 1897, discovered the remains of twoadult bodies (Fig. 44), the iron tires of two wheels and otherpieces of iron belonging to a chariot, two iron snaffle-bits, andseveral rings and ornaments of bronze belonging to the horse-trappings, though not a single bone of a horse was found. Thewheels had apparently been taken from the axle. The tiresmeasure respectively 2 ft. 6J in. and 2 ft. 5j in. in diameter,both being 1| in. broad and ^ in. in thi
The origin and influence of the thoroughbred horse . i known as DanesGraves, situated in the parish of Driffield, Mr J, R. Mortimer^and Canon Greenwell, in 1897, discovered the remains of twoadult bodies (Fig. 44), the iron tires of two wheels and otherpieces of iron belonging to a chariot, two iron snaffle-bits, andseveral rings and ornaments of bronze belonging to the horse-trappings, though not a single bone of a horse was found. Thewheels had apparently been taken from the axle. The tiresmeasure respectively 2 ft. 6J in. and 2 ft. 5j in. in diameter,both being 1| in. broad and ^ in. in thickness. The ironhoops for the naves likewise survived, being 5 in. in diameter(inside), | in. wide, and nearly a quarter of an inch thick I Dio Cassius, lxxvi. 12 (ex Xipliilini cpit.), ^TparevovTai 8e iwi re apfidro)!,iwwovs ^x<f5 /J-LKpovs Kal Taxfts, Kai wf^ol 5i ehi kt\. - Ann. Report of the Yorkshire Philosophical Soc. foi 1897, pp. 3-4. ?• Ibid., p. 10. The Yorkshire Philosojihical Society have most kindly leutme the block for Fig.
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