What is Sutton Hoo?
[[File:Sutton Hoo helmet 2016.png|thumb|250px|right|The restored ceremonial helmet is one of the most iconic finds from Sutton Hoo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/about/transcripts/episode47/ |title=BBC - A History of the World - About: Transcripts - Episode 47 - Sutton Hoo helmet |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=2010-10-03 }}</ref>]] [[Image:SHIP MED.jpg|thumb|230px|A ghostly impression of the buried ship was revealed during excavations in 1939. Much later a [[plaster]] [[casting|cast]] was taken, from which a [[fibre-glass]] shape was produced.]] '''Sutton Hoo''' is the site of two [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] cemeteries dating to the 6th and early 7th centuries CE that is located near [[Woodbridge]], [[Suffolk]], [[England]]. One contained an undisturbed [[ship burial]] including a wealth of [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[artefact]]s of outstanding art-historical and [[Archaeology|archaeological]] significance, which are now held in the [[British Museum]] in London. Other sites had produced significant finds, but had previously been looted. The ship-burial, probably dating from the early 7th century and excavated in 1939, is one of the most magnificent archaeological finds in England for its size and completeness, its meaning, the quality and beauty of its contents, and for the profound interest of the burial ritual itself. [[File:2008-05-17-SuttonHoo.jpg|thumb]] == References == {{Reflist}} *R.L.S. Bruce-Mitford et al., ''The Sutton Hoo ship-burial'' (3 Vols in 4) British Museum, London 1975, 1978, 1983. ==Other websites== {{Commons-inline}} [[Category:Archaeological sites in Suffolk]] [[Category:Essex]] [[Category:History of England]] [[Category:Art]] [[Category:7th-century works]] [[Category:6th-century buildings and structures]]