It was within this building that the archaeologists discovered a helmet that they now believe was owned by East Anglia’s legendary King Raedwald, who was buried in the Sutton Hoo ship burial.ĭating back at least 1,400 years, the new Anglo-Saxon site represents a hub of ancient crafts. The so-called Rendlesham workshop is thought to be the place where the treasures were created that were discovered at Sutton Hoo ship burial. Spindle whorls for spinning, loom weights for weaving and a copper alloy brooch and buckle were all discovered at the ancient manufacturing site. Rendlesham Royal Palace Linked to Famous Sutton Hoo Burial Site.Netflix Film Tells Dramatic Story of Sutton Hoo Treasure Discovery.Now, only three miles (4.82 km) from the ship burial site an Anglo Saxon settlement site and workshop has been discovered. In 1939 a rare ship burial was discovered loaded with a hoard of Anglo-Saxon treasures, a story that was recently told in the Netflix hit The Dig. Sutton Hoo is the site of two 6th to 7th centuries early medieval cemeteries located near Woodbridge, in Suffolk, England. Among the broken tools and storage jars discovered at the Rendlesham workshop, scientists believe it is also where the famous helmet of King Raedwald, who was buried in the ship, was expertly crafted. Archaeologists in England have unearthed a 7th century workshop in the village of Rendlesham near the famous Sutton Hoo ship burial.
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