View all related items in Oxford Reference. in The Kings and Queens of Britain (2 rev) Length: 250 words. 624) in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages Length: 71 words. Where’s the Treasure? The King’s Mound treasure is displayed in Room 41: Sutton Hoo and Europe, AD 300-1100 at The British Museum, London, where it can be seen in the context of the seismic changes taking place across Europe in the Early Medieval period. in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2) Length: 57 words. Whose land was the Sutton Hoo treasure found?Įdith May Pretty (née Dempster 1 August 1883 – 17 December 1942) was an English landowner on whose land the Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered after she hired Basil Brown, a local excavator/amateur archeologist, to find out if anything lay beneath the mounds on her property. When it was unearthed in 1939, any bodily remains were claimed by the acidic local soil to leave only a human-shaped gap among the treasures within. Sutton Hoo was in the kingdom of East Anglia and the coin dates suggest that it may be the burial of King Raedwald, who died around 625. They all come from the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks on the Continent, rather than any English kingdom, although coin production had started in Kent by this time. ‘We suspect that seafaring was rooted in the hearts of the Angles and Saxons that made England their home. The Sutton Hoo artefacts are now housed in the collections of the British Museum, London, while the mound site is in the care of the National Trust. Where are the medieval cemeteries in Sutton Hoo When the Sutton Hoo ship burial was found, scholars recognized that the site had striking similarities to a burial depicted in the 8th-century epic poem Beowulf. The land and Tranmer House has been owned by the National Trust since the 1990s and there is now a large exhibition hall, cafe, walks and a shop near the site, with a viewing tower currently being built to look over the mounds.
It disintegrated after being buried in acidic soil for over a thousand years. The 27 metre long ship no longer exists.Ĭan you see the original burial ship and helmet found at Sutton Hoo? Sadly no. Scholars believe Rædwald of East Anglia is the most likely person to have been buried in the ship.Ĭan you see the original burial ship and helmet found at Sutton Hoo? Sadly no. Most of these objects are now held by the British Museum. One cemetery had an undisturbed ship burial with a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts. Most of these objects are now held by the British Museum.Īrchaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938. All of my items collectively, bank included were only maybe 300k. Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938. Sutton Hoo is the site of two early medieval cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, in Suffolk, England. In the poem, Scyld Scefing is buried in a boat surrounded by goods such as drinking horns, textiles, musical instruments, and money. When the Sutton Hoo ship burial was found, scholars recognized that the site had striking similarities to a burial depicted in the 8th-century epic poem Beowulf. Raedwald is a Boy name, meaning Name of a king. Where are the medieval cemeteries in Sutton Hoo? How is the Sutton Hoo ship burial similar to Beowulf? What is perhaps most curious about the treasure found at Sutton Hoo is the geographical area from which the. The most striking object, though, is what has become known as the Sutton Hoo Helmet, a sort of death mask of the buried individual primarily made out of tinned bronze. Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938. The purse containing 37 gold coins dated to around AD 625 was found.
£10.Sutton Hoo is the site of two early medieval cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, in Suffolk, England. Illustrations Appendices Bibliography r.r.p. “The range of consultation and learning is exemplary and reflected in this splendidly wide-ranging and persuasive life of that most important figure in East Anglia’s formative history I’ve no doubt that it will establish itself as the standard Life!” (Norman Scarfe) Many people have been enchanted by the wonder of this treasure, which has shone a brilliant light into the shadowy history of the early seventh century. So who was the king who lay in such majesty amidships? This book restates the case for King Rædwald with a consideration of his place in history as one of the first kings of all England and a central figure in the coming of Christianity. Thanks to the visionary inspiration of Mrs Edith May Pretty, the great ship-burial from Mound One at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk was revealed by archaeologist Mr Basil Brown in 1939 and found to contain some of the richest treasure ever discovered on the island of Britain.
About my Second Book- The Reckoning of King Rædwald: The Story of the King linked to the Sutton Hoo Ship-Burial
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