Sutton Hoo

Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near , England. Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938, when an undisturbed ship burial containing a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artifacts was discovered.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: archaeological site near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Prehistoric settlement and group of barrows (including site of ship burial) at Sutton Hoo” and “Sutton Hoo Archeological Site”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Woodbridge Tide Mill and Tranmer House.

Museum
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in , , is a rare example of a tide mill whose water wheel still turns and is capable of grinding a wholemeal flour.

Building
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is a country house in , , , England, dating from 1910. The house is located on the Anglo-Saxon burial site, and, in 1938, was the home of Edith Pretty.

Railway station
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is on the East Suffolk Line in the , serving the town of , Suffolk. It is 10 miles 19 chains down the line from and 79 miles measured from ; it is situated between and Melton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Woodbridge and Melton.

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is a town in . It is about 8 miles from the coast, on the River Deben and is the location of medieval burial sites and ancient archaeological finds.

Village
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is a village in , , located approximately one mile northeast of . The 2001 census recorded a population of 3,718, the population increasing to 3,741 at the 2011 Census.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of , England about 2 miles east of . Situated near the , lies on fairly high and fertile ground with low-lying heathland to the South and marshland to the West. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Sutton Hoo.

Sutton Hoo

Latitude
52.08943° or 52° 5′ 22″ north
Longitude
1.33867° or 1° 20′ 19″ east
Operator
National Trust
Open location code
9F4338QQ+QF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 487973562
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q503256
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Sutton Hoo” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Arabic: “ساتون هوو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Satton-Hu”
  • Basque: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Belarusian: “Сатан Ху”
  • Belarusian: “Сатан-Ху”
  • Bulgarian: “Сътън Ху”
  • Catalan: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Catalan: “Sutton-Hoo”
  • Chinese: “萨顿胡”
  • Chinese: “薩頓胡”
  • Czech: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Danish: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Dutch: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Esperanto: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Finnish: “Sutton Hoo”
  • French: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Galician: “Sutton Hoo”
  • German: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Greek: “Σάτον Χου”
  • Hebrew: “סאטון הו”
  • Hungarian: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Indonesian: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Irish: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Italian: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Japanese: “サットン・フー”
  • Korean: “서튼후”
  • Latin: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sutton Hoo-skipet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Norwegian: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sutton Hoo”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sūþtūn Hōh”
  • Persian: “ساتن هو”
  • Polish: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Portuguese: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Russian: “Саттон-Ху”
  • Slovenian: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Spanish: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Spanish: “Yelmo de Sutton Hoo”
  • Swedish: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Thai: “Sutton Hoo”
  • Thai: “ซัตตันฮู”
  • Ukrainian: “Саттон Гу”
  • Ukrainian: “Саттон-Гу”
  • Ukrainian: “Саттон-Ху”
  • Western Frisian: “Sutton Hoo”
  • “ma Satanu”

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