Workshop Found Near Ancient Hoo Ship Burial

Archaeologists in England have unearthed a 7th century workshop in the village of Rendlesham near the famous Sutton Hoo ship burial. Among the broken tools and storage jars discovered at the Rendlesham workshop, scientists believe it is also where the famous helmet of King Raedwald, who was buried in the ship, was expertly crafted.
Sutton Hoo is the site of two 6th to 7th centuries early medieval cemeteries located near Woodbridge, in Suffolk, England. In 1939 a rare ship burial was discovered loaded with a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasures, a story that was recently told in the Netflix hit The Dig . Now, only three miles (4.82 km) from the ship burial site an Anglo Saxon settlement site and workshop has been discovered.
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