Narrow Valley Leading to the Royal Graveyard at Sutton Hoo

Title

Narrow Valley Leading to the Royal Graveyard at Sutton Hoo

Subject

Archaeology

Description

A view from the narrow valley up which the ship in the great Sutton Hoo ship burial would have been dragged, looking towards the ridge behind lay the plateau on which the graveyard is located. The house belonged to Mrs Pretty, the landowner at the time of the ship burial's discovery in 1939. It is now owned by English Heritage.

Creator

Jonathan Dore

Date

c.625

Date Created

2007-01-20

Files

Narrow Valley Leading to the Royal Graveyard at Sutton Hoo

Citation

Jonathan Dore, “Narrow Valley Leading to the Royal Graveyard at Sutton Hoo,” Woruldhord, accessed April 28, 2024, http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/items/show/405.

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