Our October meeting was preceded by a short AGM, at which committee reports were presented and next year\u2019s committee was elected.\u00a0 Jackie Hiorns acted as chairman for this part of the meeting.\u00a0 The speaker was Eric Greenwood, who delivered a fascinating talk entitled \u2018The Mysteries of Sutton Hoo\u2019.\u00a0 Starting with the discovery of the artefacts in 1939 at Woodbridge in Suffolk, Eric believed that their quality was superior to that of the Staffordshire Hoard. \u00a0Illustrating his talk with slides, our speaker looked at some of Woodbridge\u2019s history before showing contemporary photographs of the excavation of the 27metre ship used in the burial.\u00a0 The first mystery was that there was no body and the second, why should there have been a burial in a ship.\u00a0 The burial had been dated to between 620 and 640AD and it was supposed by many that the occupant had been the King of the East Anglians.\u00a0 The third mystery was the appearance of a Roman dish among the contents of the grave.\u00a0 Eric suggested that there were many similarities with Scandinavian burials that he had studied, particularly with regard to the use of the ship and the style of the helmet. \u00a0A thought-provoking evening that left many questions unanswered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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