Next to a roundabout nr Burford, on the main road btw Oxford & Cheltenham, is Asthall barrow, where a man was buried with his horse in the early C7th, contemporary with the mounds at #SuttonHoo. He was buried with a copper bowl, prob from the east mediterranean ... 1/ 
... a silver cup, a board game, Frankish pottery and this gilded copper strap fitting, now @AshmoleanMuseum AN1923.773. 2/
And here's a film from the barrow itself:
The wikipedia page on it is excellent! Which one of you wrote it I wonder?! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthall_b…
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