page_title: Sutton, Suffolk
section_title: Sutton Hoo
hierarchical_section_title: Sutton, Suffolk / Sutton Hoo
caption_attribution_description: English: Burial mound 2 at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, UK. The photo was taken close to sunset on 21 June 2006 (day of the Summer Solstice). This mound has been reconstructed to its supposed original height. Deutsch: Grabhügel 2 von Sutton Hoo, England.
context_page_description: Sutton is a village and a civil parish on the B1083 road, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Sutton has a pub, a mobile post office and a place of worship. There is also the hamlet of Sutton Street and the Sutton Common estate nearby.
context_section_description: The Sutton Hoo Estate is 225 acres and contains the burial site of an Anglo-Saxon ship. Archaeologist Basil Brown from the Ipswich Museum discovered the Anglo-Saxon Burial at Sutton Hoo in 1940. The site is believed to be the final resting place of the king of East Anglia, Redwald. Most of the artefacts excavated now reside in the British Museum. The burial site is now owned by the National Trust and is a major tourist attraction with facilities such as a café, parking and a gift shop.
caption: Sutton Hoo Burial Mound
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