' . 'During some /e^oayationi a few/ weeks ! ago for a new system, oiE drainage at Bentford, England, 'a large number of old horseshoes were'found some 8 feet below I the surface, Local antifinaries believe 'they are the shoec that were worn by -cavalry horses at the battle of Brentford, foaght m 1642 between King Charles I. ; and; the,, parliamentary v forces. Some -'of jthe Bhpea/werej. completely eaten through (with rust" atfd 'surrounded with ialcarebus 'matter, which suggests the presence of decayed bones.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 152, 5 June 1883, Page 3
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