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Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo
On a small hill above the river Deben in Suffolk is a
strange-looking field, covered with grassy mounds of different
sizes. For several hundred years what lay under them was a
mystery.
Then in 1938, an archaeologist called Basil Brown started
digging under mounds 2, 3 and 4, where he found a few, mostly
broken, Anglo-Saxon objects which had been buried alongside their
owner's bodies. Sadly, grave robbers had taken most of what was
there. WIth a little more hope he started on the biggest mound,
Mound 1.
He did not know that the treasures under Mound 1 would turn out
to be the most amazing set of Anglo-Saxon objects ever found.
Resources for teachers
Using this tour as a starting point for enquiries:
Download Sutton Hoo teachers'
notes (30 Kb)
Download a student activity
sheet (49 Kb)
Print and do activities
Download an Anglo-Saxon recipe for chicken
stew
(121 Kb)