Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

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Anglo-Saxon burial site archaeological site

Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge in Suffolk, England, is a famous archaeological site renowned for its early medieval burial mounds and the spectacular Anglo-Saxon ship burial discovered there.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Sutton Hoo 3
Sutton Hoo (probable) 1
Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial site 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon burial site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithKingdom Kingdom of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
coinAssemblageDate c. 610–635 CE ⓘ
contains cremation burials ⓘ
grave goods ⓘ
horse burial ⓘ
inhumation burials ⓘ
ship burial ⓘ
weapon burials ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culture Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
dateRange early 7th century ⓘ
discoveredIn 1939 ⓘ
donatedTo British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
donationYear 1939 ⓘ
excavationDirectedBy Charles Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuredIn The Dig (2021 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstExcavatedBy Basil Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFind Sutton Hoo helmet NERFINISHED ⓘ
cloisonné shoulder clasps ⓘ
coins ⓘ
drinking horns ⓘ
gold and garnet jewellery ⓘ
gold belt buckle ⓘ
hanging bowls ⓘ
lyre fragments ⓘ
shield and sword ⓘ
silver bowls ⓘ
silver spoons ⓘ
hasMuseum Sutton Hoo visitor centre NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Mound 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mound 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mound 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
cemetery of burial mounds ⓘ
inscribedAs Scheduled Monument ⓘ
knownFor Anglo-Saxon ship burial NERFINISHED ⓘ
early medieval burial mounds ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Suffolk ⓘ
locatedNear Woodbridge, Suffolk NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver River Deben NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy National Trust ⓘ
ownedBy Edith Pretty NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Early Middle Ages ⓘ
possiblyBurialOf Rædwald of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance key evidence for early Anglo-Saxon kingship ⓘ
major source for early medieval art ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rædwald of East Anglia → associatedWith → Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutton Hoo ship burial Mound 1
Rædwald of East Anglia → burialPlace → Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutton Hoo (probable)
Edith Pretty → commissionedExcavationOf → Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutton Hoo burial mounds
Bromeswell → hasHeritageSiteNearby → Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial site
Bromeswell → locatedNear → Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutton Hoo
Basil Brown → placeOfActivity → Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutton Hoo
Edith Pretty → residence → Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
Rory Lomax → setting → Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England
Peggy Preston → settingLocation → Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutton Hoo
Basil Brown → workedOn → Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sutton Hoo archaeological site