Saturday, 20 August 2022

Sutton Hoo

We visited for the exhibition: Swords of the Kingdoms, The Staffordshire Hoard at Sutton Hoo. 

It was our first visit to this site. I would heartily recommend taking the guided walk within the cemetery complex itself. The volunteer guide brought both the history of the site and the spectacle of the Sutton Hoo ship burial into sharp focus. It was a cracking day out.

Representation of the Sutton Hoo
ship burial



A few "trinkets" from the Sutton Hoo
ship burial


(Replica) the Sutton Hoo helmet

cemetery complex Sutton Hoo

upon the Sutton Hoo ship burial mound

(Replica) belt buckle from the
ship burial

cemetery complex from the viewing tower

the surrounding landscape from the 
viewing tower

The ship burial mound