 These draught horses were smaller than their modern counterparts; pictorial and archaeological evidence suggests that they were stout but short, approximately , and capable of drawing a load of per horse.Four-wheeled wagons and two-wheeled carts were more common in towns, such as London and, depending on type of vehicle and weight of the load, were usually pulled by teams of two, three, or four horses harnessed in tandem.Starting in the 12th century, in England the use of oxen to pull carts was gradually superseded by the use of horses, a process that extended through the 13th century.