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The interment of a ship at Sutton Hoo represents the most impressive medieval grave to be discovered in Europe. Inside the burial mound was the imprint of a decayed ship and a central chamber filled with treasures. But who was buried there and what did it reveal about this period in history?
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Hands on with the Sutton Hoo Sword - World History Encyclopedia Hands on with the Sutton Hoo Sword Video by The British Museum published on 08 August 2019 Sue Brunning (and her trusty foam sword) are back for another sword story. This time Sue takes us up close and personal with one of the most famous swords ever discovered.
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Call 1300 768 068. $ 0.00. Tweet. Description. Availability in stores. Reviews. An incredible recreation of a blade pulled from the renowned Sutton Hoo archaeological dig. Amazingly, the find was not reconstructed using fragments, but rather pulled wholly as a complete, albeit rusted, piece. Our recreation mimics the broad and slightly tapering.
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The Sutton Hoo sword blade therefore consisted of - . 56 individual thin rods 2 carbon steel blade edges and 2 tongues for the handle. 60 pieces in all. Sword handle components. The quality of the sword and the handle would have required the skills of a host of master craftsmen. The sword when complete was unlikely to have been.
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But the swords. The swords were something else. The intact but broken sword was a four billet, pattern-welded sword, of a quality similar to the blade excavated at Sutton Hoo, making it one of the finest swords ever discovered. The other, incomplete, sword, was even better.
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The Sutton Hoo ship is the biggest and most complete Anglo-Saxon ship ever found, and is longer than many of the largest modern ocean-going yachts. Ships were very important to the Anglo-Saxons. Rivers and the sea were key to communication and travel.. The Sutton Hoo sword was made by a master-craftsman. Its hilt (handle) fittings are gold.
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The original sword was found in the famous Mound 1 ship burial at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk England. This burial has been dated to the early 7th century and current consensus is that the inhabitant was probably King Raedwald who died in about 625 AD. It also contained the largest known buried ship at more than 90 feet in length.
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The Sutton Hoo Sword. The sword discovered at Sutton Hoo is an exquisite piece of weaponry, highlighting the skill of Anglo-Saxon swordsmiths. Its design and construction reveal the importance of swords as symbols of status and power. 5. The Sutton Hoo Shoulder Clasps.
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The Sutton Hoo sword has an iron pattern-welded blade that is heavily corroded. The blade is wide and tapers slightly towards the pointed tip. Towards the hilt, two circular indents mark the location of the two scbbard studs. Read more about: Ancient History The winter solstice 2023: The shortest day of the year by Rachel Littlewood
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1939,1010.95 Description Iron pattern-welded sword blade, heavily corroded. The blade is broad and tapers slightly towards the pointed tip. Near the hilt, two circular indentations mark the position of the two scbbard bosses 1939,1010.26-27. Traces of the wooden sheath remain on the blade (1939,1010.95.C).
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Considered to be one of the richest and most important archaeological finds in Great Britain, the Ship Burial known as Sutton Hoo was found near present-day Woodbridge, in Suffolk, in 1939. Coins from the burial mound date the site no later than 625 A.D.
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An ancient kingdom Sutton Hoo lay within the kingdom of East Anglia (today the region of Suffolk and Norfolk), which was apparently pretty mighty when the burial took place. But calling it simply a 'burial' feels inadequate.
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Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating from the 6th to 7th centuries near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Archaeologists have been excavating the area since 1938, when a previously undisturbed ship burial containing a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts was discovered.
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Swords were the most highly prized weapons in the early Anglo-Saxon period. Blades from this time were made using a technique known as pattern-welding, where rods of iron are twisted and then forged to form the core of a blade to which a sharp cutting edge was added. The Sutton Hoo sword is richly furnished with a gold pommel set with garnets, gold guards and filigree clips on the grip.