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Sutton Hoo

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Sutton Hoo

Archaeological site in Suffolk, England, where in 1939 a Saxon ship burial was excavated. It may be the funeral monument of Raedwald, King of the East Angles, who died about 624 or 625. The jewellery, armour, and weapons discovered were placed in the British Museum, London.



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We will loan collections of Anglo-Saxon artefacts from all over Europe and even parts of the famous Sutton Hoo find from Suffolk.
The quality of the Saxon jewellery found pinned to the body has already been compared to treasure found at the Sutton Hoo burial site in Suffolk in 1939, now on display at the British Museum.
The Staffordshire Hoard is already being compared to the Sutton Hoo ship burial, discovered in 1938 by archaeologist Basil Brown.
 
 
 
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