Matt,

We excavated a couple of late 19th century horse burials at Ashland: Henry Clay's Estate in Lexington, Kentucky.  At the time it was a farm for thoroughbred race horses.  Also, we found most of a horse in a latrine trench at a Civil War camp.  Let me know if you are interested in any of this information I can probably get you copies of reports.

Jay

M. Jay Stottman
Staff Archaeologist
Kentucky Archaeological Survey
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Subject: Inquiry regarding Midwest Horse Burials

All:

Good morning, does anyone have any good suggestions regarding literature regarding horse burials here in the Midwest?  Are there such things as equestrian cemeteries, to be found here regionally?

Thanks for any info, appreciated as always.

-Matt

Matthew J.F.Donovan, RPA
Cultural Resources Project Manager
Archaeologist / Historian
Iowa Department of Transportation
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