Ship burial
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A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as the tomb for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave goods itself. If the ship is very small, it is ca
Planks from one of the Butuan boats (c. 689 to 988 AD) from the Philippines
Excavation of the Gokstad Ship burial in Norway
Excavation of the Oseberg Ship burial mound in Norway
Model of the structure of the Sutton Hoo ship (c. 7th century AD) it might have appeared, with chamber area outlined
Sutton Hoo
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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 excavated the site since the discovery of a previously
Ship burial
…Snape – Anglo-Saxon burial from Snape Common in Suffolk Sutton Hoo – Anglo-Saxon burial site near Woodbridge, Suffolk Balladoole and Knock y Doonee – Viking burials in the Isle of Man…
The Sutton Hoo burial site
The Wicklaw region
Finds from Mound 17
Mound 2 is the only Sutton Hoo tumulus to have been reconstructed to its estimated original height