‘As if ready for the afterlife’: Anglo-Saxon horse wearing snaffle bridle found buried beside warriors 14 centuries later

The grave of an Anglo-Saxon horse buried alongside elite members of society, tacked up as if ready for the warrior afterlife, is a discovery of national significance, archaeologists believe.

Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) found the burial ground during excavations for the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk. The team identified at least 11 burial mounds, or barrows, as well as cremation burials, “carefully arranged across a prominent point in the landscape near Theberton in Suffolk”.