Sutton Hoo, 1939
Shown here is one of Wagstaff’s images, with the ghostly outline of the ship, whose planks had eroded in the acidic soil, clearly visible. In the foreground, Basil Brown (wearing a hat) works in the ship.
Barbara Wagstaff
Photos of Sutton Hoo excavation digitised
‘The collection is a slice of social history in documenting an excavation taking place on the eve of the Second World War'
The women of Sutton Hoo: tracing female stories at a celebrated cemetery
Sutton Hoo is best known as the location of an astonishing ‘princely’ Anglo-Saxon ship burial – but the site has compelling stories to tell about women too. Current Archaeology's Carly Hilts explores the lives of five fascinating females linked with the 7th-century site.