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Photograph of the reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, from the visitor centre, at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Most of the artefacts which have been reproduced for the exhibition are visible including swords, the great helmet and a…

Photograph of the reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, from the visitor centre, at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Many of the artefacts near the upper body of the burial which have been reproduced for the exhibition are visible including…

Photograph of the reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, from the visitor centre, at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk. Showing the body of the burial including many of the artefacts which have been reproduced for the exhibition including the…

Photograph of a boy wearing the replica Sutton Hoo helmet from the reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, at the visitor centre, at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

Photograph of a boy wearing the reproduction Sutton Hoo helmet from the reconstruction of the ship burial chamber, at the visitor centre, at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

This poem was written in response to the discovery of the Sutton Hoo Ship Burial by Anna Coburn.

British Museum presentation and notes on the Anglo-Saxons and the discoveries at Sutton Hoo. All these notes are © Trustees of the British Museum.

British Museum set of visit notes for teachers, on the Anglo-Saxons, Sutton Hoo, and the Vikings. All these are © Trustees of the British Museum.

Photos of Sutton Hoo site and exhibit, taken in March 2010.

Mound 2 was excavated by Basil Brown in 1938, the year before his famous discovery of the ship burial in Mound 1. It was re-investigated in the 1980s and 90s by Martin Carver, who concluded it was originally a rich chamber burial covered by a boat…