Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 03 December 1903
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/134
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway provides an extract from a letter he received from George Coffey concerning the earliest horse skeleton of historical times discovered in County Galway, Ireland and makes some comments concerning the likely date of the burial.
Dates
- Creation: 03 December 1903
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Biographical / Historical
Ridgeway refers to the discovery of a Bronze Age excavation in County Galway in 1903 which uncovered three horse skulls. This discovery of 'the Crannog Skulls' proved that the horse was in general use in Ireland by at least the tenth century rather than resulting from a more recent Spanish influence, as had previously been posited.
Full Extent
1 leaf
Physical Location
CLX-A-1136
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk