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The story of Sutton Hoo is told through a mixture of original and high quality replica objects. Pay your respects to King Raedwald by entering the full size reconstructed burial chamber and feast your eyes on his treasures laid out around him.
Cloisonne (cell work) sword-belt buckle made of bronze, garnet, blue glass and ivory. The decoration seems to show butterflies. Narrow bronze and garnet buckle from attaching a support strap to the scabbard. Two bronze, garnet and ivory decorative pyramids from the scabbard. Tiny bronze buckle, purpose unknown.
A replica of one of the impressive finds from Sutton Hoo. The original finds are all kept in the British Museum.
Sutton Park is an historic landscape that covers an area of 2,400 acres and attracts over two million visitors every year.Sutton Park, in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England, is one of the largest urban parks in Europe and the largest outside a capital city; it is larger than Richmond Park in London.