Sutton Hoo is the site of two cemeteries. One contained a ship burial, including a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts, most of which are in the British Museum of London. The site is in the care of the National Trust. Sutton Hoo is important to early medieval historians because it sheds light on a period of English history that is the margin between myth, legend and historical documentation. The ship burial is one of the most magnificent archaeological finds in England for its size and completeness. although it is the ship burial that commands the greatest attention from the tourists, two separate cemeteries also have rich historical meaning because of their position in reletion to the Deben estuary and the North Sea.
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