Medieval warhorses are often depicted as massive and powerful beasts, but in reality many were no more than pony-sized by modern standards, a new study shows. Horses during the period were often below 14.2 hands high (~5 ft. or 1.4m at the.
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Equine skeletons from 171 different English archaeological sites dating from 300-1650 AD were measured by researchers led from the University of Exeter