The horseshoes may merely represent shims used to level the wall.  Were the
shoes used?  When I build a stone garden wall last summer I was looking
something to prop up a section of wall and I would have loved to have had a
couple of horseshoe for that purpose.  Wall construction can and often
employs whatever materials were at hand and the right shape or height. 

Bill Liebeknecht
Hunter Research, Inc.

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Subject: Horseshoes - Foundations

We encountered several horseshoes buried partially beneath the corner of a
dressed stone foundation at a 19th century domestic site located along the
southern Virginia coastal plain.  Additional horseshoes were also recovered
along the foundation wall of an early 20th century addition.  I would be
interested to hear of any similar observations for these site types
including information regarding the possible background of site occupants
(ethnicity, etc.).

Thanks,

Ben
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Ben Resnick, MA, RPA, MBA
GAI Consultants, Inc.
385 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA 15120-5005
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