Sutton Hoo

School resource
Age 7–11

Examine some of the beautiful objects found in this famous ship burial, and see what the excavation site looked like. Includes jewellery, coins, helmets and more.

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Subjects covered

Speaking and listening
Literacy
History
Cross-curricular

Age ranges

Age 7–11

Related information

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
Gallery 41

purse lid

Image: Purse lid from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo. Anglo-Saxon, early 7th century AD. From Mound 1, Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, England.