The Oxford Ox in Stone?

Oxford, England ~ February 18, 2010

Market Street

Is this carved stone bovine outside the old market an early version of the Oxford ox?

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The Oxford Ox

Oxford, England ~ February 18, 2010

Clearly, this is the Oxford Ox. What is not so clear is what it's on. It was a metal box on the sidewalk just outside the Sheldonian Theatre, and there was construction going on there. The box may have housed wiring, or again it could have been a trash can. I should have taken a better reference photo, but we were moving quickly through the rain. This is the only time I saw the Oxford Ox, but there may have been many I missed.

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