New exhibition at Sutton Hoo telling the story of Anglo-Saxon Rendlesham

Featured image: viewing the exhibition © Suffolk County Council Now Open! Rendlesham Revealed: The Heart of A Kingdom AD 400-800 is a new exhibition now open at the National Trust’s Sutton Hoo 23rd March – 29th October 2023. The exhibition takes visitors on a 400-year journey to reveal how the Anglo-Saxon royal settlement at Rendlesham

Being Anglo-Saxon: Building the replica Ipswich ware kiln

Featured image: Volunteers building the replica Ipswich ware kiln Here is another instalment of the Being Anglo-Saxon series, following the progress of the Rendlesham Revealed experimental archaeology kiln. Faye Minter tells us all about the building of the kiln structure. In summer 2022, a small group of volunteers started building the structure of the kiln,

Flixton Park Quarry – circles, cemeteries and living with monuments

Featured Image: Post Hole Circle with internal structure after Excavation © Suffolk County Council Since 1995 Flixton Park Quarry has been subject to formal archaeological excavation under planning archaeological guidance, but before then there was virtually no archaeological record. In the first of a series of articles, we take a look at the significant discoveries

Iron Age brooch, Gislingham

Recovered by a local metal detector user last year, February’s Featured Find showcases a Middle Iron Age brooch, dating to circa 275-250 BC. Almost complete, the brooch consists of now broken symmetrical terminals located at the head and the foot. The terminals are comprised of two adjacent discs with central perforations situated either side of

Geophysics training at Lackford, Brecks Fen Edge and Rivers Project.

Featured image: Volunteer conducting a geophysical survey with multi sensor array cart system (MACS) at Lackford (© Suffolk County Council) Last autumn a geophysical survey was carried out over Suffolk Wildlife Trust land at Lackford in the Lark valley, as part of the Brecks Fen Edge and Rivers project . The fields surveyed were known to

Snape Anglo-Saxon Sword on display in Moyse’s Hall Museum

Featured Image: Sword from Snape boat burial (Grave 47) Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service have loaned the Snape sword to Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds. The sword will be on display as part of the Conflict exhibition, running until 23rd April 2023. This exhibition examines conflict, warriors and weapons over time. On display are

Rendlesham behind the scenes: Post-Excavation; revealing the detail

Featured image:: volunteers in the Cotswold Archaeology warehouse processing and recording the excavated material from Rendlesham After four busy months, the post-excavation work has made excellent progress thanks to the hard work of volunteers processing the material excavated last summer as part of the Rendlesham Revealed project. This week, volunteer Jonathan is our guest writer,

Being Anglo-Saxon: making test bars for the kiln project

Featured image: Volunteers discussing the results of the test bars and pottery making. Another instalment of our Being Anglo-Saxon series following the progress of the Rendlesham Revealed experimental archaeology kiln. Several volunteers made test bars to try to work out the optimum firing temperature of the clay and also to test water absorption. Ruth explains

Suffolk’s Royal Anglo-Saxon history on show in new exhibition

Featured image: Gilded Horse Harness Mount with garnet and shell decoration, found at Rendlesham (© Suffolk County Council) Rendlesham Revealed: The Heart of A Kingdom AD 400-800 is a new exhibition opening at the National Trust’s Sutton Hoo 23rd March – 29th October 2023, telling the story of an Anglo-Saxon royal settlement in Suffolk, the

Fieldwalking at Lackford, Brecks Fen Edge and Rivers project

Featured image: volunteers conducting the fieldwalking survey at Lackford (© Suffolk County Council) Last October, 32 local volunteers led by a small team from Cotswold Archaeology (Suffolk Office)  took part in several days of fieldwalking and surface finds collection at Lackford, as part of the Brecks Fen Edge and Rivers project . The field being surveyed