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Some of the Anglo-Saxon burial mounds at Sutton Hoo Suffolk. The Southern mound cemetery was in use from the late 6th century to the mid 7th century. Many historians now believe they may have belonged to the Saxon Royal Family, the Wuffings who lived around 590-630 AD.

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21st Aug 2006 by Diane Earl

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History

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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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