Was Sutton Hoo Excavated?

There were two ship burials at Sutton Hoo – the great ship burial excavated in 1939, and the smaller one in mound 2, excavated in 1938 and here being re-excavated in 1985.

Where is the Sutton Hoo ship now?

The Sutton Hoo artefacts are now housed in the collections of the British Museum, London, while the mound site is in the care of the National Trust. 'We suspect that seafaring was rooted in the hearts of the Angles and Saxons that made England their home.

How many of the Sutton Hoo mounds have been excavated?

In total, there were 263 finds of gold, garnet, silver, bronze, enamel, iron, wood, bone, textile, feathers and fur.