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Originally the burial mounds would have stood high on the skyline announcing the importance of those buried there. Over the years through ploughing and other land use, many of the mounds have become flattened. Mound 11 near the tree is now barely visible.

Burial Gound - Sutton Hoo

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Originally the burial mounds would have stood high on the skyline announcing the importance of those buried there. Over the years through ploughing and other land use, many of the mounds have become flattened. Mound 11 near the tree is now barely visible.

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20th Aug 2006 by Diane Earl

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 Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

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Anglo-Saxon Saxon Saxons Danes burial mound archaeology village Dark-Ages bodies cremate bones skeleton Sutton Hoo ship grave goods ritual belief after-life afterlife

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