[MR] BBC: Saxon Woman Buried with Cow

[Terri Morgan]

> This BBC piece is a bit before our time, but no doubt will be
> interest to many Dark Ages fans. It is the only Saxon grave in
> England known to contain a cow (horses yes), and the only
> woman's grave with livestock.  Most curious.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-18580332
> Yours Aye, Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot

There was one other female grave with a horse buried with her, but the
original report had it as a male grave and the correction isn't widely
known. Nonetheless, the idea of being buried with a cow (!) is quite
unusual. The woman was obviously rich/well-to-do, but why a cow? Who can
guess.


Hrothny