One, known as Horace, to this day has pride of place in Preston museum. The only other elk to be found in the north is the Neasham Elk, which was found on June 17, 1939, when a landslip at Neasham brickworks revealed a “practically complete skeleton” which only had one antler. The brickworks were a little north of the village of Neasham, at Skipbridge where the land rises from the Tees. The discovery of the Neasham Elk caused much excitement, and for a decade, scientists in London prodded and poked it. Whereas Horace the Preston Elk is revered, the Neasham Elk is forgotten.

Source: The Times December 18, 2023 00:22 UTC