The Sutton Hoo Society |
Registered Charity No. 293097 |
| The Sutton Hoo Society is a registered
charity. Our aims and objectives focus on promoting research and education relating to the
Anglo Saxon Royal cemetery at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk in the UK. As part
of this work the Society works with the National Trust in providing the
guided tours on the burial site.
Please click here for the list of officers of the committee or if you wish to join the Society.
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| The Society was originally established
to support the work of the Sutton Hoo Research Project which undertook a long-term
archaeological research excavation at the site between 1983 and 1992. Today the Society
is working with the National Trust, the new owners of the site, to host visitors to the site, and continues to promote interest and support research into
the site and its archaeological context through lectures, visits, publishing and events
which are open to members and their guests. Activities have included three major conferences on Anglo-Saxon themes; visits of a half-scale replica of the Sutton Hoo ship to the River Deben at Woodbridge; lectures such as "Beowulf and Sutton Hoo", by Dr. Sam Newton, "The Pony Bridle in Mound 17" by Angela Care Evans, and "Sutton Hoo and the Archaeology of Execution" by Andrew Reynolds; visits have been made to the British Museum to view the Sutton Hoo display and other special exhibitions relating to the Anglo-Saxons and field excursions undertaken to a variety of places in Eastern England with Anglo-Saxon connections. |
The Society publishes a newsletter SAXON twice a year, which keeps members up to date with Society activities, carries resumes of lectures and visits, and reports progress on research and publication associated with the site.