Sutton Hoo
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Why go
- The Mound 1 ship burial, whose 27-metre vessel left its outline in the sand.
Opening hours
Today10:30 – 16:30Show all
Don't miss
- Mound 1 ship burialLook for the burial’s 27-metre outline, preserved as sand stains after most timber disappeared.Beneath Mound 1
- Bromeswell bucketIts bronze fragment bears a frieze of warriors and lions and a Greek inscription.Visitor centre
- Hanging bowlLook for its enamel decoration and swivelling metal fish.Visitor centre
Know before you go
- The site is open daily from 10:30 to 16:30.
Tips for your visit
- The visitor centre contains original finds, replicas and a reconstruction of the burial chamber.
- The museum displays replicas of the 1939 finds, including a gold helmet; the original is in the British Museum.
- Finds from Martin Carver’s excavations are displayed on site.
- Two circular trails cross the grounds and pass partly reconstructed burial mounds.
With kids
- Explore the grounds on two circular trails.
Interesting facts8
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Sand stains preserved the 27-metre ship’s shape and construction details, though almost none of its timber survived.
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2 grave
The Mound 2 grave had a small ship above a plank-lined chamber about five metres long.
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Ten nested silver bowls were placed beside two spoons marked with the Greek names PAULOS and SAULOS.
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The gold buckle’s hinged hollow back formed a hidden chamber, possibly intended for a relic.
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A six-stringed lyre was found in a beaver-skin bag beneath an elaborate hanging bowl.
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The hanging bowl has enamel and millefiori decoration, red cross motifs and a swivelling metal fish.
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A 3.5-metre iron chain was made to suspend a cauldron from a hall’s beams.
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13.2 centimetres
The gold belt buckle measures 13.2 centimetres and weighs 414.62 grams.
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Shorts
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Sutton Hoo Anglo Saxon Burial Mounds. Made famous by the movie The DigThe Reluctant Backpacker
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The Sutton Hoo burialThe Shorts Era
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The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company - Arrival of the Keel LogsThe Sutton Hoo Ship's Company
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Sutton Hoo's Undisturbed Ship BurialRelics of the Unknown
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Sutton Hoo... The Ghost Ship Of A Warrior King...Saturday Morning Seance
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World History- The Sutton Hoo gold belt buckle, one of the greatest B…World History
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Woodbridge King Charles III England Coast Path at Sutton Hoo River De…Proggs Outdoors
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Inside the 1,300-Year-Old Sutton Hoo Ship BurialWORD UNCOVERED
History
People lived at Sutton Hoo before the cemetery was made: Neolithic farmers cleared woodland, Bronze Age residents built roundhouses, and later people cultivated enclosed fields. The cemetery was used for burials from about 575 to 625. Its largest mound held an early seventh-century ship burial with rich grave goods; the occupant remains unidentified, though Rædwald is often considered a possible candidate. Later work explored more graves, including excavations for the visitor centre in 2000.
- c. 3000 BCNeolithic agriculturalists cleared woodland and dug pits for pottery.
- Bronze AgeResidents built timber-framed roundhouses with wattle-and-daub walls and thatched roofs.
- c. 500 BCPeople nearby grew crops in small enclosed fields.
- c. 575–625The cemetery was used for individual burials in barrows, with signs of wealth or prestige.
- 1938–1939Basil Brown began excavating the mounds under Edith Pretty. In 1939, Charles Phillips led work on Mound 1, uncovering a ship burial and its grave goods.
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- 1965Excavation work resumed, including further work on Mound 1.
- 1986–1992Martin Carver’s fieldwork fully excavated six mounds and uncovered more richly furnished graves.
- 2000Excavations for the visitor centre uncovered early Anglo-Saxon burials.
Sources: Sutton Hoo - Wikipedia · Sutton Hoo - Wikipedia · Sutton Hoo - Wikipedia · checked 27 Oct 2026
- Phone
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Questions and answers
When is Sutton Hoo open?
Sutton Hoo is open daily from 10:30 to 16:30.
Can children visit Sutton Hoo?
Children can explore the grounds on two circular trails.
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