Significant Suffolk Anglo-Saxon archaeology to be celebrated at event

Featured image: Cruciform brooch found at Rendlesham Rendlesham Revealed, the Suffolk community archaeology project which uncovered a 1,400 year-old royal settlement of the East Anglian Kings in the Deben Valley, is being celebrated at a free event on 16 May at the Corn Exchange in Ipswich. The event is open to the public from 11am

Rendlesham behind the scenes: metalworking evidence from Rendlesham 2023

Featured image: Volunteers finding metalworking waste at the excavations Eleanor Blakelock is the Rendlesham Revealed project archaeometallurgist, who specialises in investigating metalworking assemblages from the past. She has completed the initial analysis of the artefacts excavated from Rendlesham in 2023. Eleanor is our guest writer this week to tell us more. Although a long and

Rendlesham behind the scenes: Glass objects from Rendlesham 2022-2023

Featured image: Glass vessel fragment (SF 129) found in the refuse disposal area excavated in 2022 Dr Rose Broadley is the Rendlesham Revealed project specialist for glass artefacts and has completed the initial analysis of the glass excavated from Rendlesham in 2022 and 2023. Rose is our guest writer this week to tell us more.

Rendlesham behind the scenes: metal objects from Rendlesham 2023

Featured image: early medieval pin from Rendlesham Faye Minter is the Rendlesham Revealed project specialist for metal objects and has completed the initial analysis of the artefacts excavated from Rendlesham in 2023. Faye is our guest writer this week to tell us more. 110 metal small finds were recovered from across the three trenches excavated

Rendlesham behind the scenes: Feasts and beasts – Recent zooarchaeological discoveries at Rendlesham

Featured image: animal bone Following the excavations at Rendlesham last year, the specialists have been analysing the material and we are now seeing the results. Matilda Holmes, Archaeozoologist, has examined the animal bone excavated from Rendlesham in 2022 and 2023.  Matilda is our guest writer this week to tell us more. Feasting The last two

Rendlesham behind the scenes: the final year of post-excavation processing

Featured image: Volunteers examining soil samples for artefacts and ecofacts, using a magnet to pick out hammerscale Since October 2023, the post-excavation work has been ongoing, following the end of the third and final season of excavation at Rendlesham, as part of our community archaeology project Rendlesham Revealed A group of volunteers have been processing

Rendlesham Revealed Virtual Online Exhibition

A brand new virtual online tour of the popular exhibition Rendlesham Revealed: The Heart of a Kingdom AD 400-800, previously on display last year at National Trust’s Sutton Hoo, is now available online for everyone to explore.  This virtual tour gives a 360° experience to digitally walk around the exhibition, view the exhibits and artefacts,

1,400-year-old Anglo-Saxon artefacts now on display in West Suffolk

Featured image: Gold and garnet weaponry fittings on display at West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Museum. © Suffolk County Council Now Open! Rendlesham Revealed: The Heart of A Kingdom AD 400-800 is on display at the West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Museum 25th January – 23rd July 2023. Archaeological finds from a popular exhibition at

Fieldwalking Survey at Rendlesham 2023

Featured image: Featured image: fieldwalking with volunteers Last year, in September 2023, fieldwalking took place at Rendlesham with volunteers as part of the Rendlesham Revealed community archaeology project. Tom Cox, a PhD student from University of East Anglia who led the fieldwalking, is our guest writer to share the results. Fieldwalking at Rendlesham took place

1,400-year-old temple discovered at Suffolk royal settlement

Featured image: Drone photograph of the excavations at Rendlesham in 2023, showing the archaeological remains, including the probable temple or cult house (left hand side) and boundary ditch (centre).  (© Suffolk County Council; photo by Jim Pullen) A rare, possible pre-Christian temple from the time of the East Anglian Kings, has been found at Rendlesham,