Unfortunately the 27 metre long Anglo-Saxon ship from Sutton Hoo no longer exists says the National Trust.

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Located near Woodbridge Suffolk Sutton Hoo is home to two burial mounds from the 6th and 7th centuries the latter a ship burial. Discover Viking Motor Boats for sale in Suffolk with Boatshop24 from leading expert brokers. His reign is believed to have lasted from 599624 AD at which point he was placed in a ship burial at Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge in Suffolk.

Before this a 78-ft 238m Viking vessel in Norway discovered in 1880 had been the biggest. Self-taught he discovered and excavated a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo in 1939 which has come to be called one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all time. A very nice opportunity at this time of the year to obtain a highly upgraded craft ready for next years season for use on the rivers and inland water ways of.

January 03 2021 Read 5 Comments. The discovery of an Anglo-Saxon burial ship was made at Sutton Hoo in 1939. A few miles from the Suffolk coast the Sutton Hoo ship burial was one of the most exciting discoveries in British archaeology and one that profoundly exploded the myth of the Dark Ages.

22 ft 66 m. Other ship burials had been excavated but nothing of this size. Basil John Wait Brown 22 January 1888 12 March 1977 was an English archaeologist and astronomer.

The burial site believed to be the final resting place of the 7th Century King Raedwald of East Anglia was discovered in 1939 near Woodbridge Suffolk. The 27-metre-long oak ship at first thought to be of Viking origin was identified as Anglo-Saxon by Phillips confirming Browns own hunch about the site. Archological dig also found treasure and was hailed as.