Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . re of the camp at any period after theRoman occupation of Britain. In iron, there have beendiscovered numerous varieties of spear-heads, arrow-heads,swords, the cheek-piece of a helmet, knives, agriculturalimplements in great variety, bridle-bits, chains, and the courtesy of Mr Durden, of Blandford, whopossesses this, and very many of the other Roman anti-quities found in the castra, I am indebted for an in-spection of the interesting shoe (fig. 98). That gentlemanwrites to me as follows : Itwas found within the
Horse-shoes and horse-shoeing : their origin, history, uses, and abuses . re of the camp at any period after theRoman occupation of Britain. In iron, there have beendiscovered numerous varieties of spear-heads, arrow-heads,swords, the cheek-piece of a helmet, knives, agriculturalimplements in great variety, bridle-bits, chains, and the courtesy of Mr Durden, of Blandford, whopossesses this, and very many of the other Roman anti-quities found in the castra, I am indebted for an in-spection of the interesting shoe (fig. 98). That gentlemanwrites to me as follows : Itwas found within the Romancastra on Hod Hill, aboutthree miles from Blandford,associated with many do-mestic articles of Romanmanufacture. The coinshitherto found there belongto the first century, and itis presumed the shoe be-longs to the same period. Less primitive-looking thansome of our other specimens, especially those from Spring-head and Silbury Hill, it yet belongs to the same width is 3I inches, length 4^-inches, and its breadth is a - Collectanea Antiqua, vol. vi. p. 262 HORSE-SHOES AND HORSE-SHOEING. little more than that of the Springhead example. Thoughmuch oxidized, it yet retains the undulated border, and itis perforated by sevxn nail-holes of very large size, withthe oblong socket to lodge the nail-head. Three of theholes are on each side, and one in the centre of the toe hasdoubtless been intended to act like the modern toe-clip,and prevent the shoe from being driven back. This fea-ture in these antique shoes is very rare, indeed this is theonly instance in which I have been able to trace it. Theaperture for the shank of the nail, instead of being nearlycircular, as in the Springhead shoe, is quadrilateral, and ofimmense size, in proportion to the shoe (|ths long, bytVths wide). One of the nails yet remains in the shoe,but the head is much worn; though sufficient is left toprove that it was of the flattened, high, and wide T pat-tern. The shank is almost square like a
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