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AN ARGUMENT FOR DIGGING UP EVERY MOUND IN BRITAIN.

September 24, 2016 at 6:33 PM · History

AN ARGUMENT FOR DIGGING UP EVERY MOUND IN BRITAIN. On the Pinterest board I found this article which says:
“The discovery at Sutton Hoo was made in 1939 when the landowner Edith Pretty asked archaeologist Basil Brown to investigate the largest of several mounds on her property. Beneath the mound was the imprint of a 27m (88ft) ship. At its centre was a ruined burial chamber packed with treasures.”