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The first physical proof that Vikings brought horses and dogs to England has been unearthed
Humans
1 February 2023
Archaeologists have uncovered the first physical evidence that confirms some Vikings shipped their own horses and dogs from Scandinavia to England.
The animal bone evidence comes from a burial mound at the only known Viking cremation cemetery in the British Isles. The Heath Wood cemetery – located in what is now Derbyshire in central England – is associated with the AD 873 overwintering site of the first large Viking army to arrive in England on a campaign of conquest against the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, according …
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