There are two National Trust buildings at Sutton Hoo one has the shop, cafe and toilets and the other holds the displays telling the story of the Anglo Saxons and the burial.
Reconstructions of many of the items found in the ship are on display, the originals are in the British Museum
And the huge shield
Sorry this isn’t very clear. They are reconstructions of the Lyre and lyre bag
Picture of the textiles specially for all knitting/crafting bloggers!
Son was interested to see this display, as his Archaeology company had done some work there. He said they’d also checked the ground where the NT had recently built a compost toilet on the Sutton Hoo site.
Rendlesham is just up river from Sutton Hoo. More about Rendlesham HERE
As we were living not far away from Sutton Hoo when we were at the smallholding we went to visit when it first opened to the public in 2002 but there wasn’t much to see at all. We went a few years later when they had more of a display including a life-sized reconstruction of a section of the ship with the furnished burial chamber. That’s gone now they’ve reorganised the displays which is a pity as it was quite effective.
Lots more about Sutton Hoo HERE but it’s worth going for a proper look. I now need a visit to Woodbridge where experts and volunteers are in the process of building a full sized replica of the ship. It will be quite a sight when it’s finished, their website is HERE.
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