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Early Portrait of St...
During Raedwalds reign about 599-625, Christianity spread into Kent after Pope Gregory sent missionaries to the Kenitsh king. Canterbury is the seat of the Primate of all England, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The first Archbishop was St. Augustine of Canterbury, who baptized King Ethelbert of Kent ...
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Anglo-Saxon Skeleton
The skeleton of a man who died in the seventh century AD. Next to his neck and embedded in the top of his chest is the spearhead that killed him.
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Burial Mound
Many years ago the bodies of men and women, or sometimes their cremated remains, were buried under mounds, often with precious goods as a sign of their status and worth. Today archaeologists have learned a great deal about life in the past through excavations and carefully record these details. This...
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Burial Site -Sutton ...
This map shows the locations of the Anglo-Saxon burial mounds at Sutton Hoo. There were two great ship burials at the site as well as other burials of people and cremations. In the time of King Henry VIII and again in the 19th century some of the mounds had been opened but no records left of the exc...
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Burial Site -Sutton ...
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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Burial Gound - Sutto...
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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Excavation at Sutton...
In 1937 Mrs Edith Pretty employed a Suffolk Archaeologist Basil Brown, along with two labourers to open up three mounds on her land at Sutton Hoo The mounds were opened in 1938 and they realised they had been rich Anglo Saxon graves, all three had been plundered but in mound two they found traces of...
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Burial Mound 2 - Sut...
This is mound 2 at Sutton Hoo. It was opened in 1938 but was found to be plundered However they found traces of an Anglo-Saxon boat and in a further excavation the 1980's found evidence that a body had been present.
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Ships rviets found b...
1n 1939 archaeologist Basil Brown opened the largest of a number of mounds at Sutton Hoo (burial mound 1). Cutting a trench east to west, he found ship-rivets in the sand (pictured). Without removing them he carefully revealed the shape of a huge ship.
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Burial Mound 1 Sutto...
In 1939 Basil Brown carefully unearthed a stain showing the outline of a giant ship after finding ship-rivets in the soil. The ship was 27m. They then discovered that the buried ship had not been looted. A Cambridge University Archaeologist, Charles Philips, was brought in to lead a team in excavati...
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Burial Mound 1 - Sut...
In 1939 Basil Brown carefully unearthed a stain showing the outline of a giant ship. The posts show the alignment of the ship. Picture taken summer 2006.
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Burial Mound 1 - Sut...
In 1939 Basil Brown carefully unearthed a stain showing the outline of a giant ship. The posts show the alignment of the ship. Picture taken summer 2006.
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The Ship Burial
Artists image of the ship burial at Sutton Hoo. The man's burial, thought to be an Anglo-Saxon King, - possibly king Raedwald, would have been a great ceremonial event, to celebrate his importance.
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The Ship burial - ge...
1400 years ago a great leader died and was buried in his ship at Sutton Hoo. The ship would have been hauled up the hill from the river to the grave. The great man was laid amongst precious objects from every corner of the known world in a celebration of his power.
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The Ship Burial - ro...
1400 years ago a great leader died and was buried in his ship at Sutton Hoo. The ship would have been hauled up the hill from the river to the grave. It would have taken a great deal of effort, so the man must have been very important. The great man was laid amongst precious objects from every corne...
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Burial Mound 1 Sutto...
Sword and Ceremonial 'whetstone' or 'sceptre', with a bronze stag at the top. It was found at Sutton Hoo and is now in the British museum. Picture taken summer 2006.
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