Scheduled Ancient Monument: PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT AND GROUP OF BARROWS (INCLUDING SITE OF SHIP BURIAL) AT SUTTON HOO (SF28)

`Mound 1', excavated 1939 and contained the main ship burial, probably of royal status, and associated grave goods . The NW end of the barrow had been destroyed by ploughing pre 1881. The size before excavation has been estimated as 120 feet x 70 feet and 9 feet high or 100 feet (30m) diameter and 9 feet (2.75m) high. Site re- excavated 1965-1970. Mound reconstituted in the 1970s. For prehistoric finds from under the mound see SUT 038. Basil Brown recorded this as Tumulus I, having lettered rather than numbered the mounds. Great detail of his excavation contained in archive together with original letters to his wife, over 160 photographs and correspondence with him regarding the find extending to the 1970's. Note reference to `2 coombes leading to the river' - see Neo. N.B. See Arttype for full list of artefacts. For a discussion of the significance of the objects found within the ship burial see S9 Scheduled Monument.