The Living House at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The Living House at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The Living House at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The Sunken House at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The Sunken House at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The Sunken House at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The Sunken House at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The Sunken House at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

A view of the reconstructed Workshop building at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village pic 1

The reconstructed Workshop building at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village pic 2

The reconstructed Workshop at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park pic 3

The reconstructed Workshop building at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park pic 4

The reconstructed Workshop building at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park pic 5

The oldest house at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park

The oldest house at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park

The oldest house at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park

The Oldest House at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village

The information hut at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park

The information hut at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park

The Farmers House with the Living House in the background at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village.

The Farmers house at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village

The Anglo-Saxon Hall undergoing reconstruction at West Stow Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk pic1

The Anglo-Saxon Hall undergoing reconstruction at West Stow Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk pic 3

The Anglo-Saxon Hall undergoing reconstruction at West Stow Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk pic 2

The reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Hall at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Hall at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Hall at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Hall at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The Weaving house undergoing re-thatching work at West Stow Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The Craft Building at West Stow Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The Craft Building at West Stow Country Park, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

The reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Lathe at West Stow Country Park, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Anglo-Saxon Carving from West Stow country park, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

West Stow Visitor Centre Building

The Anglo-Saxon pottery collection at West Stow

Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooches reticella bead necklaces and dress fittings (West Stow)

Anglo-Saxon loom weights and wool weaving accessories on display at West Stow

A large Anglo-Saxon pottery vessel - perhaps a cooking pot or storage jar, together with an assortment of antler-bone hair combs and various metal & bone tools (West Stow display)

A large collection of various types of Anglo-Saxon antler bone hair combs on display at West Stow

A collection of Anglo-Saxon bone needles - used for darning wool and making woollen garments from West Stow display

A collection of various Anglo-Saxon metal artefacts on display at West Stow - which includes tweezers and grooming objects

West Stow Cemetery A sixth century Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch - The horse head end and the knobs at the upper end have sprouted complex human masks and beaked heads

West Stow Cemetery A sixth century Anglo-Saxon cruciform brooch - The horse head end and the knobs at the upper end have sprouted complex human masks and beaked heads

Anglo-Saxon jewellery collection - from nearby cemeteries: includes: Reticella bead necklaces and various types of brooches and dress fittings

A collection of Anglo-Saxon knives, sharpening stones and antler bone tools and handles from West Stow

The Anglo-Saxon spearhead collection on display at West Stow

The Sutton hoo cauldron, perhaps this grave-good item was a present from a king to another king

Replica Anglo-Saxon weapons of the grave goods found at the Sutton Hoo Warrior (& horse) burial.

A collection of grave objects from the royal ship burial 1 at Sutton Hoo

The elaborate hanging bowl from the Sutton Hoo ship burial

A collection of different types of horse decorations from the Anglo-Saxon burials

Anglo-Saxon model display, depict a craftmen producing items of antler bone. (Ipswich Museum)

Replica Anglo-Saxon bucket from Icklingham. (West Stow Anglo-Saxon Centre).

Anglo-Saxon bed reconstruction (Ipswich Museum)

Replica Anglo-Saxon spoon bit tool used in the construction of houses. (West Stow Anglo-Saxon Centre).

Reconstructed Anglo-Saxon loom. (Ipswich Museum)

The world famous Sutton Hoo ceremonial helmet (this one is a replica on show at the West Stow Exhibition Centre)

The world famous Sutton Hoo ceremonial helmet (this one is a replica on show at the West Stow Exhibition Centre)

The replica of the original Sutton Hoo burial ship - which was originally ninety foot in length. The king's burial chamber was constructed in the centre of the ship.

A view of the reconstructed Sutton hoo ship tomb/chamber

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 1

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 2

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 3

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 4

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods note the elaborate hanging tapestry - Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 5

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods (note the game board the game pieces are made out of whalebone at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 6

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 7

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 8

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 9

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 10

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 11

The reconstructed king's burial chamber and grave goods at Sutton hoo Exhibition Centre pic 12

Ship burial burial mound number two at Sutton Hoo pic1

Ship burial burial mound number two at Sutton Hoo pic 2

Ship burial mound number two at Sutton Hoo pic3

Ship burial mound number two at Sutton Hoo pic 4

Ship burial mound number two at Sutton Hoo pic 5

Ship burial mound number two at Sutton Hoo pic 6

Long distance view of the landscape around the Sutton Hoo royal anglian cemetery - you can clearly see several of the multiple burial mounds.

Former Sutton Hoo landowner Edith Pretty's home known as Tranmer House. In 1939 Mrs Pretty sponsored the first excavation by her friend Basil Brown who discovered the ship burial inside mound one.