what was its status before 1939?
In medieval times the westerly end of the mound was dug away and a boundary ditch was laid out. Therefore, when looters dug into the apparent centre during the sixteenth century, they missed the real centre.
Sutton Hoo
In medieval times the westerly end of the mound was dug away and a boundary ditch was laid out. Therefore, when looters dug into the apparent centre during the sixteenth century, they missed the real centre: nor could they have foreseen that the deposit lay very deep in the belly of a buried ship, well below the level of the land surface.
when is beowulf believed to have been written between 975 and 1025 who wrote it? The anonymous poet is referred to by scholars as the ""Beowulf" poet". so it is a poem? Yes, it is an Old English epic poem. where was its manuscript found? Sutton Hoo ship-burial what does this hoo refers to? Found near Woodbridge, in Suffolk, England, it is the site of two early medieval cemeteries that date from the 6th to 7th centuries. does it bear resemblance to any other burial ground? Yes, to Swedish burials like a series of excavations in Hjalmar Stolpe.
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Sutton Hoo [SEP] Prior to 1939
In medieval times the westerly end of the mound was dug away and a boundary ditch was laid out. Therefore, when looters dug into the apparent centre during the sixteenth century, they missed the real centre: nor could they have foreseen that the deposit lay very deep in the belly of a buried ship, well below the level of the land surface. In the 16th century, a pit, dated by bottle shards left at the bottom, was dug into Mound 1, narrowly missing the burial. The area was explored extensively during the 19th century, when a small viewing platform was constructed, but no useful records were made.