Aspects of Anglo-Saxon archaeology: Sutton Hoo and other discoveriesIn 1939 a discovery was made which has been described as "the greatest single find in the archaeological annals of England" and later as "one of the most generous single benefactions ever made to the British Museum by a single donor in his or her lifetime". This momentous find was the Sutton Hoo ship burial, on the banks of the River Deben near Woodbridge, in Suffolk. A 90 feet long ship had been buried in the sand, a rich funeral treasure laid out