ANCIENT RELICS
ANGLO-SAXON KING’S BURIAL SHIP.
Archaeology has replaced farming as the main interest in life of Mr Stanley Brown, of Rockinghall, Suffolk. His digging is now confined to the search for ancient relics. Not long ago he discovered the burial ship of an AngloSaxon chief, believed to be King Redwald, at Sutton Hoo. Now he hopes to unearth the grave of Redwald's Queen.
“There are still nine mounds at Sutton Hoo waiting to be excavated,” he said this week. "We shall probably open the one nearest to Redwald's next, I think it may be the- grave of his Queen, and in that case may contain great riches.” Redwald’s burial ship contained gold, silver and jewelled objects of untold value, which were given to the nation by Mrs E. M. Pretty, the owner of the land. The British Museum described the find as the greatest ever made in England. Mr Brown, who reads the Venerable Bede in his spare time, confessed that he lost money as a farmer.
He has investigated many more burial mounds in Suffolk which are waiting to be excavated. One grave at Brockstead, near Sutton Hoo, is 100 ft. across.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 May 1940, Page 8
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