Archaeological sites
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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:
03 December 1903
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 20 April 1904
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/40
Scope and Contents
Ridgeway reports that he has been in Ireland examining the other objects found along with the three horse skulls in the 'crannog discovery'. He writes that he and Coffey have dated them between the eighth and tenth centuries. He mentions a letter from Walter Harris concerning his enquiries about callosities on the legs of horses in Tangier.
Dates:
20 April 1904