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Saturday 16 August 2014

A family day out

Today I took the children to Sutton Hoo with mine and the children's God parents. Sutton Hoo is run by the National Trust and despite it only being 25 mins from home I have never been.

For those not sure what Sutton Hoo is it's a burial ground from the Anglo Saxons that came here just after the Romans left. Though the discovery of this wasn't done until 1938 when the occupiers of Tranmere House who was Edith Pretty to investigate the mounds in the grounds.








This mound is one which has a burial under a ship. The main one excavated was a burial in a ship. There are lots of mounds all shapes and sizes this is the highest.

On site is also a museum that house artefacts and various replicas













The above image is a recreation of a burial under a ship





Women were very important during Anglo Saxon times and often acted as advisors to the king.





This is a replica of the famous mask the original is currently at the British Museum in fragments.

On site is also Tranmere House and is set up in the 1930s still.

































The children had a fantastic day and we could resist a look in the shop where I purchased the National Trust Country Cook book. I have lots of cook books but this one has traditional recipes such as beef stew, cheese sauce, game pie and classic sponges. Most of my cook books don't have simple things like this and I know I'm going to be using this book a lot.



1 comment:

  1. Last time we went was on a WWII re- creation day which was interesting.I like NT shops but always a bit pricey. The secondhand bookshop there is good too

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