Sutton Hoo

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Centuries ago, an Anglo-Saxon noble was buried within a 90-foot ship in a mound at Sutton Hoo. It serves as the richest burial ever found in northern Europe to date. Discovered in 1939, not much survived of the original ship. However, an imprint of the ship remains on the earth.

In this episode, first released in November 2021, Dr. Cat Jarman is joined on the ground by Martin Carver, director of the Sutton Hoo Research Project. He shares his knowledge of the celebrated mounds and the ongoing reconstruction of the Great Ship Burial.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit.
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0:20.7	Hello, I'm Dr. Kat Jamon.
0:22.8	Welcome to today's episode of Gone Medieval by History Hit.
0:26.9	This one is going to be a little bit different
0:29.4	because today I'm out visiting a very special archaeological site,
0:33.9	possibly the most significant early medieval site in England, in fact.
0:38.2	That's what I'd take you all with me.
0:40.1	The place I've come to is none other than Sutton Who in Suffolk.
0:43.8	Home to the very famous Anglo-Saxon burial grounds
0:46.4	were made even more famous by the recent film The Dig.
0:50.3	The site has a number of large burial mounds and in the 1930s,
0:54.0	some of these were excavated for the first time,
0:56.6	including Mount One, which contained the spectacular ship grave
1:00.6	dating to the early 7th century,
1:02.7	along with a burial chamber filled with lavish grave goods,
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