Activity 1

What are the mysteries of Sutton Hoo? Video Visit

Your Task

The video takes you to Sutton Hoo, a medieval burial site discovered in County Suffolk, England – a site with many mysteries uncovered over the last 100 years. Watch the video and answer the following questions before you explore these mysteries for yourselves.

Then answer the questions below on screen or in this Word Doc version to save your answers.

1 Why is Sutton Hoo such an important place for revealing information about the lives of the Anglo-Saxon people?

2 Why was Mrs Perry fascinated by the fields on her property?

3Why does Tim describe Sutton Hoo as a ‘people’s landscape’?

4 What is the mystery of Sutton Hoo that you are being asked to solve?

5 Describe the warrior buried beneath mound 17. Do you think he was an important person in society at the time? Why?

6 Can you suggest any reasons why his horse was buried with him?

7 How important were women’s roles in Anglo-Saxon society?

8 What evidence is there to suggest that a king was buried at Sutton Hoo?

9 How important do you think the work of archaeologists is? Why?

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What are the mysteries of Sutton Hoo?

Activity 1

What are the mysteries of Sutton Hoo? Video Visit

Your Task