SUTTON HOO - My Buried History

Notes and References:

1. Note: Iceland, or Tili, as it was known in the days of the Venerable Bede, was considered to be six-days sail from Britain.

2. Carver, M. (1998) “Sutton Hoo: Burial Ground of Kings?” British Museum Press. pxii.

3. Lethbridge, T.C. (1948) “Merlin’s Island” Metuen & Co. p.106

4. Phillips, C.W. (1987) “My Life in Archaeology” Alan Sutton. P78.

5. Note: These ideas were later to surface in ‘Merlin’s Island’

6. Schetelig, H. (1907) “Cruciform Brooches of Norway” John Brieg: Bergen.

7. Note: The 42’ boat discovered at Snape Common had a square stern. Phillips informed Lethbridge that the boat found beneath the smaller mound at Sutton Hoo also had a square stern.

8. Note: As well as the two Sutton Hoo ship-burials discovered in 1939 above the river Deben, another was found in 1862 at Snape Common near Aldeburgh overlooking the River Alde.

9. Phillips, C.W. (1987) “My Life in Archaeology” Alan Sutton. “In general such archaeological activities as there were at Cambridge were in the hands of a little clique of substantial means headed by T.C. Lethbridge of Trinity, who was an able enough man but unpredictable and often uncooperative.” p.7 “Men like T.C. Lethbridge and Charles Leaf seemed to be able to do rather second-rate work and get away with it. Leaf was a victim of the late war but Lethbridge, though very able and producing interesting ideas, had no real conscience in his work in the last analysis.” P.33

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