Sutton Hoo

American  

[hoo] / hu /

noun

1. an archaeological site in Suffolk, England: a rowing boat, 80 feet (24 meters) long, discovered here and believed to have been buried a.d. c670 by Anglo-Saxons, possibly as a cenotaph in honor of a king.

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Sutton Hoo British  

/ huː /

noun

1. an archaeological site in Suffolk where a Saxon long boat containing rich grave goods, probably for a 7th century East Anglian king, was found in 1939

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Sutton Hoo

French museums will in exchange be loaned ancient treasures mainly from the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo site, one of England's most important archaeological locations.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

Archaeologist Len Middleton said the burial was in "the same elite tradition seen at Sutton Hoo, Snape and Prittlewell", adding that it was of national importance.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

"I would say this die comes from the same workshop, or comes from the environment of the Sutton Hoo helmet," Mr Pentz says.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025

Peter Pentz, a curator at the National Museum of Denmark, says the discovery raises the possibility the Sutton Hoo helmet may in fact have originated in the country.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025

While the pattern is not identical to the Sutton Hoo helmet, after close study of the two fragmented helmet panels, Mr Pentz says there are "many similarities".

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025