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The Anglo-Saxon treasures unearthed at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk have been described as one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time. Original photographs of 1939 dig go on display at ...
In the 1990s, the Sutton Hoo site, including Sutton Hoo House, was given to the National Trust by the Trustees of the Annie Tranmer Trust. At Sutton Hoo's visitor centre and Exhibition Hall, the newly found hanging bowl and the Bromeswell Bucket, finds from the equestrian grave, and a recreation of the burial chamber and its contents can be seen.
The house is located on the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial site, and in 1938 was the home of Edith Pretty. In June 1938, Pretty employed Basil Brown to undertake the excavation of a range of burial mounds on the estate, leading to Brown's discovery in May 1939 of a ship burial, "one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all time". [1]
In September 2020, archaeologists announced the discovery of a Sutton Hoo-era Anglo-Saxon cemetery with 17 cremations and 191 burials dating back to the 7th century in Oulton, near Lowestoft. The graves contained the remains of men, women and children, as well as artefacts including small iron knives and silver pennies, wrist clasps, strings of ...
An archaeological treasure trove. The new research at Sutton Hoo is part of a two-year project carried out by the National Trust, Field Archaeology Specialists, or FAS, Heritage, and the British ...
The last dig at the site was in 2000 when the visitor centre and car park was developed.
Sutton Hoo Exhibit, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com. Date: 31 July 2017, 22:44: Source: Anglo-Saxon Shoulder Clasp from Sutton Hoo Burial, 625-630 AD: Author: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China
An archaeological site in Suffolk, England, known as Sutton Hoo, helped shed light on this era of British history and helped put the myth of the unsophisticated "Dark Ages" to rest.