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TOP TEN SITES

The Sutton Hoo Research Project Archive

East Anglian Archaeology

Council for British Archaeology

The National Trust (Sutton Hoo)

Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service

The British Museum

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village

Wuffing Education & Sam Newton

University of York

Current Archaeology

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ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE & LITERATURE

Anglo-Saxon Charters: British Academy / Royal Historical Society Joint Committee on Anglo-Saxon Charters (Trinity College Cambridge)
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/chartwww

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Everyman edition, 1912
http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/asintro2.html

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: an online text by Tony Jebson, in progress
http://asc.jebbo.co.uk

Anglo-Saxon Index (Simon Keynes, Trinity College Cambridge)
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/sdk13/asindex.html

British Library:
www.bl.uk

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (British Library)
www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/changlang/writtenword/anglo/anglosaxonchronicle.html

Beowulf (British Library)
www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/changlang/writtenword/beowulfhome/beowulf.htm

Beowulf in Hypertext (British Library)
Text of Beowulf in Old English, and translated into modern English, with glossary, list of characters, history of the poem etc
www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~beowulf/main.html

Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library)
www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/ttpbooks.html

Labyrinth Library: Old English Literature (Poetry, charters, laws etc)
www8.georgetown.edu/departments/medieval/labyrinth/library/oe/oe.html

Early MSS at Oxford University (Digital images scanned from the originals)
http://image.ox.ac.uk

cf. Oxford Digital Library (ODL)
www.odl.ox.ac.uk

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ANGLO-SAXON CHURCHES

Bosham, Sussex: Holy Trinity Church (C10th)
www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/adversaries/archaeology/bosham.html

Bradford-on-Avon: St Laurence's Chapel, (pre 1001 AD)
www.arch.soton.ac.uk/research/bradford

www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/bradford1.html

Brixworth, Northants: All Saints' Church (C9th or earlier)
www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/brixworth1.html

Canterbury Cathedral (founded by St Augustine: foundations beneath nave floor)
www.canterbury-cathedral.org/history/history.aspx

Earls Barton, Northamptonshire: All Saints' Church, (AD 970)
www.northamptonshire.co.uk/guides/earlsbarton

Gloucester: St Oswald's Priory (founded c.890)
www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/oswdglos.html

Hartlepool Saxon Monastery (from Bede)
www.teesarchaeology.com/projects/saxon_monastery/index.html

Hough-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire: All Saints' Church
www.britannia.com/tours/lincs/swlinc28.html

Jarrow: St Paul's Church, (AD 685)
www.bedesworld.co.uk/bedesworld-stpauls.php

Romsey Abbey, Hampshire (founded 907)
www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/romsey.html

Sompting, Sussex: Church of St Mary (pre-Conquest)
www.britannia.com/church/saxchurch/sompting1.html

St Andrew's, Bishopstone, East Sussex (pre-Conquest south porch)
www.sussexpast.co.uk/research/page.php?sp_page_id=40&PHPSESSID=67d68a3412984751d80fa1f489e1f498

St Martin's Church, Canterbury
(St Augustine's original chuch: Roman and Saxon bricks and mortar)
www.canterburytrust.co.uk/schools/randascr/rascr07.htm

Wearmouth: St Peter's Church
http://www.wearmouth-jarrow.org.uk

Whitby Abbey (founded AD 657)
www.whitbyabbey.co.uk
www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.17360

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS

Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Blog (news, © David Beard, ex Museum of London)
http://archaeology.eu.com/anglo-saxon/weblog

CBA's British & Irish Archaeology newsfeed (up to the minute archaeological news reports in the media)
http://britarch.ac.uk/newsfeed/index.html

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Centre for Accelerator Mass Spectrometery, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
https://cams.llnl.gov

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
http://www.physics.purdue.edu/primelab/introduction/ams.html

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerator_mass_spectrometry

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ARMS & ARMOUR

Regia Anglorum living history society
www.regia.org/listings.htm
www.regia.org/spear.htm                       Arms & Armour Part 1 - The Spear
www.regia.org/seax.htm                         Arms & Armour Part 2 - Scramseax
www.regia.org/axe.htm                           Arms & Armour Part 3 - Axes
www.regia.org/bow.htm                          Arms & Armour Part 4 -Missile Weapons
www.regia.org/sword.htm                      Arms & Armour Part 5 - Swords
www.regia.org/Mail.htm                          Arms & Armour Part 6 - Armour
www.regia.org/helmet.htm                     Arms & Armour Part 7 - Helmets
www.regia.org/shields.htm                    Arms & Armour Part 8 - Shields
www.regia.org/SaxonArchery.htm         They Didn't Have bows, Did They?
www.regia.org/warfare/fyrd1.htm          The Anglo-Saxon Fyrd c.400 - 878
www.regia.org/warfare/fyrd2.htm          The Anglo-Saxon Fyrd c.878 - 1066

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BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Anglo-Saxon Studies: a select bibliography [see section 9: Archaeology]
(Carole P. Biggam, 3rd edn 1998, revd Apr 1999)
http://bubl.ac.uk/docs/bibliog/biggam

Anglo-Saxon Archaeology of the Early Christian Period: Bibliography
(© University of Oxford, Modern History Faculty, 2004)
www.history.ox.ac.uk/currentunder/bibliographies/fhs-fs-archaeology.pdf

The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England 7th-9th centuries
(Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford, 2005)
www.english.ox.ac.uk/Old%20Site/HUTL/courseIIAnglo-Sax.html

Wuffing Studies Reading List (Dr Sam Newton's Wuffing Website)
www.wuffings.co.uk/WuffBookList.html

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BOOKSELLERS & PUBLISHERS

Anglo-Saxon Books (publishers) Swaffham, Norfolk
www.asbooks.co.uk

Boydell & Brewer Ltd, Woodbridge
www.boydell.co.uk

Oxbow Books (incorporating Windgather Press)
www.oxbowbooks.com/

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COINS

Anglo-Saxon Coins (Simon Keynes, Trinity College Cambridge)
www.trin.cam.ac.uk/sdk13/ascoins.html

Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds c.410-1180
(Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge)
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/emc

Checklist of Coin Hoards from the British Isles, c.450-1180
(Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/dept/coins/projects/hoards

UK Detector Net - links to coin websites
www.ukdetectornet.co.uk/index.php?id=124

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CRAFTS

Regia Anglorum living history society
www.regia.org/listings.htm
www.regia.org/textiles.htm                 Textiles
www.regia.org/textile1.htm                  Wool and Stuff
www.regia.org/embroid.htm               Embroidery Techniques
www.regia.org/braids.htm                   Braid Weaving
www.regia.org/life/bronzework.htm    Bronze Working
www.regia.org/ironwork.htm               Iron Working
www.regia.org/charcoal.htm               Charcoal Burning
www.regia.org/life/houses.htm           Housebuilding

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DYKES

Wansdyke Project 21: support for Wansdyke, Avon-Wiltshire, c.400-700
[cf. Vortigern Studies by Robert Vermaat]
http://www.wansdyke21.org.uk
www.vortigernstudies.org.uk

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LIBRARIES

London Library: catalogue search
http://lms1.londonlibrary.co.uk/F?RN=827165428

Society of Antiquaries of London: Library Catalogue
http://sal.ads.ahds.ac.uk

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LIVING HISTORY (RE-ENACTORS)

Regia Anglorum
(Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living History)
www.regia.org

Links to pages on History,Weapons & Warfare, Crafts, Religion, Ships etc
www.regia.org/listings.htm

Wychurst Project, Kent: reconstructing a C10th manor (Regia Anglorum)
www.wychurst.com
http://wychurst.regia.org

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MAGAZINES & JOURNALS

Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History (ASSAH)
(annual from Oxford University School of Archaeology / Oxbow Books)
www.arch.ox.ac.uk/research/reports_and_journals/assah

Antiquity - a quarterly review of world archaeology
http://antiquity.ac.uk/

British Archaeology magazine (ed. Mike Pitts)
www.britarch.ac.uk/BA/ba.html

Current Archaeology magazine
www.archaeology.co.uk

East Anglian Archaeology Reports: Anglo-Saxon
www.eaareports.demon.co.uk/angsax.html

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MAJOR ANGLO-SAXON SITES

Gazetteer of Sub-roman Britain (AD 400-600): Christopher A. Snyder
(Asst Professor of History, Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia USA)
(© Internet Archaeology - subscription required)
http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue3/snyder_index.html

Kent
Anglo-Saxon Kent Electronic Database (ASKED) [400-750 AD]
Sue Harrington and Stuart Brookes 2008
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/archive/asked_ahrc_2008/index.cfm?CFID=573996&CFTOKEN=39545028

Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries in Kent (pdf) from Anglo-Saxon Kent Electronic Database (ASKED)
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-832-1/dissemination/pdf/ADS_Kent_map.pdf

Beyond the Tribal Hideage: Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in southern England AD 400-750
(Leverhulme-funded research project at UCL Institute of Archaeology by Dr Martin Welch, with Dr Sue Harrington:
a new dataset to be deposited with the Archaeology Data Service, 2009)
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/project/tribal-hidage/index.htm

Novum Inventorium Sepulchrale: Kentish Anglo-Saxon Graves and Grave Goods in the Sonia Hawkes Archive
http://web.arch.ox.ac.uk/archives/inventorium/index.php

Prittlewell near Southend, Essex (Museum of London Archaeological Service)
www.molas.org.uk/pages/siteReports.asp?siteid=pr03§ion=preface

Ringlemere, Kent
(British Museum excavation with Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2005-)
www.britishmuseum.org/research/research_projects/anglo-saxon_cemetery.aspx
www.canterburytrust.co.uk

Teeside (Street House, Loftus) Stephen Sherlock's royal burial, 2005-7
http://uvicmscu.blogspot.com/2007/11/archaeologists-unearths-buried-treasure.html

www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2007/11/20/anglo-saxon-treasures-discovered-in-loftus-84229-20133293

www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2007/11/20/a-real-gem-of-a-find-61634-20131683

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/11/anglo-saxon-cult.html

Taplow by Eric Fitch (Indigo Group - At the Edge)
www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/Taplow.htm

West Stow Anglo-Saxon village
www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/play/weststow-asv.cfm
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/museum_gfx_en/AM12146.html

Friends of West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
www.oldcity.org.uk/stowfriends/village.php

Wuffing Royal and Related Sites (Dr Sam Newton's Wuffings Website)
www.wuffings.co.uk/WuffSites/EASitesPage.html

Yeavering
www.pastperfect.org.uk/sites/yeavering/index.html

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METAL DETECTING & FINDS

National Council for Metal Detecting
http://www.ncmd.co.uk

Code of Practice for Responsible Metal Detecting in England & Wales
http://www.ncmd.co.uk/docs/CofP1.pdf

Treasure Act (complete pdf)
http://www.ncmd.co.uk/docs/treasure%20act.pdf

Treasure Act (key extract)
http://www.ncmd.co.uk/treasure%20act.htm

Nighthawking
The Nighthawking Survey and Nighthawks and Nighthawking
(Oxford Archaeology for English Heritage, January 2009)
Historic Environment Local Management (HELM) website
www.helm.org.uk/nighthawking

Portable Antiquities Scheme
www.finds.org.uk

The Finds Research Group AD 700-1700
www.frg700-1700.org.uk

Treasure Hunting Magazine
http://www.treasurehunting.co.uk

UK Detector Net
http://www.ukdetectornet.co.uk

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MORE ONLINE RESOURCES

Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Blog (news, © David Beard, ex Museum of London)
http://archaeology.eu.com/anglo-saxon/weblog

Archaeology Data Service (digital resources supporting research and teaching)
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk

Anglo-Saxon England: A guide to Online Resources [for students of Old English]
(ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Section ed.: Brad Bedingfield, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/early/pre1000/asindex.html

Internet Medieval Sourcebook (Paul Halsall, ORB Resources Editor)
(Fordham University, New York, Center for Medieval Studies)
www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html

Medievalists.net - founded by Peter Konieczny, Librarian of Oxford College
of Arts, Business & Technology, Scarborough, Ontario
http://www.medievalists.net

Medieval News blog: news section of Medievalists.net
http://medievalnews.blogspot.com

PastScape - The public archive of English Heritage, sourcing 400,000 records
from the National Monuments Record
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/

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MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS

24 Hour Museum (museums and heritage sites listings)
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/mapsea.html

Ashmolean, Oxford (new Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Gallery)
www.ashmolean.org/documents/TTAanglosaxonflyer.pdf

Bede's World, Jarrow
www.bedesworld.co.uk

British Library (see also under ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE & LITERATURE)
www.bl.uk

British Museum (see also under SUTTON HOO GENERAL and TREASURES)
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Coddenham p.67 OF East Anglian Archaeological Reports [year?]
www.eaareports.demon.co.uk/Agenda%20and%20Strategy%20index.pdf

Colchester Museums (Colchester & Ipswich Museums Service)
http://www.colchestermuseums.org.uk

Durham University, Old Fulling Mill Museum of Archaeology
https://www.dur.ac.uk/fulling.mill

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk

Ipswich Museum (Colchester & Ipswich Museums Service)
http://www.ipswich.gov.uk/Services/Museums+and+Mansion

MOLAS (Museum of London Archaeological Service)
www.molas.org.uk

Norfolk Museum & Archaeology
www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

Southend Museums
www.southendmuseums.co.uk

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ORGANISATIONS & SOCIETIES

Council for British Archaeology Internet Information Service
http://britarch.ac.uk

CBA Briefing (Fieldwork and Conferences)
http://britarch.ac.uk/briefing/briefing.asp

CBA's British & Irish Archaeology newsfeed
(upto the minute archaeological news reports in the media)
http://britarch.ac.uk/newsfeed/index.html

Regional and Local Archaeological Societies (links)
http://britarch.ac.uk/info/socs.asp

Dr Sam Newton's Wuffings Website
www.wuffings.co.uk

Medieval Settlement Research Group
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/msrg

Society of Antiquaries of London
www.sal.org.uk

Society of Antiquaries of London: Library Catalogue
http://sal.ads.ahds.ac.uk

Society for Medieval Archaeology (5th-16th centuries)
http://www.medievalarchaeology.org

Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings
www.spab.org.uk

Suffolk Institute of History & Archaeology
www.suffolkarch.org.uk

Sutton Hoo Society
www.suttonhoo.org

Charity Commission for England & Wales: The Sutton Hoo Society
www.charitycommission.gov.uk

Wuffing Education (Dr Sam Newton's Wuffings Website)
www.wuffings.co.uk/education

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POTTERY

Anglo-Saxon Pottery: A Symposium (Castle Museum Norwich, 18-20 April 1958)
by G. C. Dunning, J. G. Hurst, J.N. L. Myres and F. Tischler
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/ahds/dissemination/pdf/vol03/3_001_078.pdf

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SAXON HISTORY & TIMELINES

Britannia History: Anglo-Saxon Period
[Britannia.com LLC is an American private company]
http://www.britannia.com/history/h50.html

Britannia History: Anglo-Saxon Period 597-687
www.britannia.com/history/saxontime.html

Britannia History: Anglo-Saxon Period 688-801
www.britannia.com/history/saxontime2.html

Britannia History: Anglo-Saxon Period 802-898
www.britannia.com/history/saxontime3.html

Britannia History: Anglo-Saxon Period 899-977
www.britannia.com/history/saxontime4.html

Britannia History: Anglo-Saxon Period 978-1066
www.britannia.com/history/saxontime5.html

Narrative History of England Part 4:
The Anglo-Saxon Period by Peter N. Williams Ph.D.
www.britannia.com/history/narsaxhist.html

Britannia History: Kings of East Anglia
www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/eastang.html

Britannia History: Kings of Northumbria
www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/northumb.html

BUBL (Internet link collection for library and higher education communities, run by the University of Strathclyde's Centre for Digital Library Research)
http://bubl.ac.uk/index.html
bubl.ac.uk/link/a/anglo-saxonarchaeology.htm
bubl.ac.uk/link/a/anglo-saxonmanufacturing.htm
bubl.ac.uk/link/a/anglo-saxonsettlementsandburials.htm
bubl.ac.uk/link/a/anglo-saxontextiles.htm
bubl.ac.uk/link/a/anglo-saxonweaponsandarmour.htm

Early British Kingdoms by David Nash Ford, Wokingham (Chronologies, maps and lists for Kingdoms; Archaeology; Royalty; Saints; Arthur; Adversaries)
www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/index.html

Saxons & Vikings in Britain (Etrusia)
http://saxons.etrusia.co.uk

Vortigern Studies: post-Roman and Arthurian history © Robert Vermaat
www.vortigernstudies.org.uk

Wuffings Who Was Who (Dr Sam Newton's Wuffings Website)
www.wuffings.co.uk/Wuffingas/WuffingPage.html

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SAXON WOODWORKING

Dick Darrah of Riven Oak
www.rivenoak.co.uk/401.html

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STONE SCULPTURE

Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture
(Durham University / Arts & Humanities Research Council)
www.dur.ac.uk/corpus/index.php3

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SUTTON HOO: General

British Museum
www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Anglo-Saxon England
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/world_cultures/europe/anglo-saxon_england.aspx

Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/k/the_sutton_hoo_ship-burial.aspx

Sutton Hoo Excavations at Sutton Hoo
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/e/excavations_at_sutton_hoo.aspx

Who Was buried at Sutton Hoo?
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/w/who_was_buried_at_sutton_hoo.aspx

Current Archaeology
www.archaeology.co.uk/ca/timeline/saxon/suttonhoo.htm

Sutton Hoo: Burial Ground of the Wuffings (Dr Sam Newton's Wuffings Website)
www.wuffings.co.uk/MySHPages/SHPage.html

Sutton Hoo: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Hoo

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SUTTON HOO TREASURES: British Museum

Gold Coins & Ingots
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/g/gold_coins_and_ingots_from_the.aspx

Sword Belt Buckle
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/b/buckle_from_the_sword_belt_fro.aspx

Purse Lid
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/p/purse_lid_from_the_ship-burial.aspx

Shoulder Clasps
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/shoulder_clasps_from_the_ship-.aspx

Gold Belt Buckle
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/g/gold_belt_buckle_from_the_ship.aspx

Sceptre
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/sceptre_from_the_ship-burial_a.aspx

Shield
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/shield_from_the_ship-burial_at.aspx

Silver Bowls & Spoons
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/silver_bowls_and_spoons_from_t.aspx

Sword
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/s/sword_from_the_ship-burial_at.aspx

Helmet
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/h/helmet_from_the_ship-burial_at.aspx

Hanging Bowl
www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/h/hanging_bowl_from_the_ship-bur.aspx

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SUTTON HOO VISITS: National Trust

Visiting Times
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-suttonhoo.htm

Archaeology
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-suttonhoo/w-suttonhoo-archaeology.htm

History
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-suttonhoo/w-suttonhoo-history.htm

School Visit Preparation
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-suttonhoo/w-suttonhoo-schools_teachers-2/w-suttonhoo-visit_preparation.htm

Educational Resource Site (by Farlingaye High School, Woodbridge)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-suttonhoo-burial_place_of_kings.pdf

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TELEVISION

BBC Ancient History: Anglo-Saxons
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/anglo_saxons

The Ages of English: a history of the language in 10 acts
www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_ages_english.shtml

Channel 4 Time Team
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/arch_web_dark.html

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UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS

Professor Martin Carver
www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/staff/Carver.htm

Dr Richard Dance, St Catherine's College, University of Cambridge Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic
http://mediaguide.admin.cam.ac.uk/

Dr Catherine Hills, Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Department of Archaeology
http://mediaguide.admin.cam.ac.uk/

Professor Simon Keynes, Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic
http://mediaguide.admin.cam.ac.uk/

Neil Price, Professor of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/archaeology/staff.php?id=neil.price

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