Sutton Hoo

[ hoo ]

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.

Sutton Hoo

/ 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

Example Sentences

Naismith said: "Elites in England and Francia were almost certainly sitting on this silver already. We have very famous examples of this, the silver bowls discovered at Sutton Hoo and the ornate silver objects in the Staffordshire Hoard."

From Science Daily

Together, Sutton Hoo's Byzantine silver objects weigh just over 10kg.

From Science Daily

While Sutton Hoo is famous for the quality of its artefacts, as well as its huge ship, the ability to create those objects required "the infrastructure, the long-term craft skills" and far-flung "acquisition networks, sourcing garnets, gold, copper alloy".

From BBC

The discovery of a 1,400-year-old "possible temple" near Sutton Hoo is the latest in a series of archaeological finds that has revealed the scale and wealth of an Anglo-Saxon settlement.

From BBC

"Rendlesham was the social and administrative heart of the living society, while Sutton Hoo was the relatively short-lived burial ground where some of the Rendlesham ruling family were buried," he said.

From BBC