The road project of RD 155, in Oise, was designed for beet transport serving the Chevrières-Grandfresnoy sugar refinery, founded in 1876. It was as part of the preventive archaeology operations related to this road (testing 2002, excavation 2003) that a pit yielded the remains of a horse, dating to the late 19th-early 20th century. The sequence of time is clear: a 21st century road layout, designed for a factory built in the 19th century. In the shadow of an industrial landscape local burial shows the other side, ordinary practices where animal materials (bones, fats, skins) are valued and can be recovered. The remains, sufficiently complete and well recorded, allows a fine archaeozoological reading; the article proposes a careful interpretation based on the arrangement of segments, preserved connections and taphonomic clues. During the hygienist moment, between nuisance and regulation, this case reminds us that local burial retains common practices. Traduction : John Lynch