Description: This is the story of the excavation of Sutton Hoo, a medieval burial site that includes the ship-barrow of what was most likely East Anglia's last pagan king.
Review Quotes: Mr. Charles Green offers an excellent account of the discovery of the Sutton Hoo grave and a description, supplemented by some excellent photographs, of the grave goods...He breaks new ground in his review of the whole troubled question of the design and capabilities of early Anglo-Saxon ships, and his conclusions constitute an important contribution to our understanding of the Anglo-Saxon settlement.