I first went to Sutton Hoo. Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo Saxon cemeteries dating to the 6th and 7th centuries. It was dug by the self taught Basil Brown under the auspices of landowner Edith Pretty.
Many of the mounds were robbed by the Ship Burial in Mound 1 is one of the finest archaeological finds in England. We don't know who the body in the ship burial was although Raedwald King of the East Anglians is the favourite contender.
There is a small museum on site with a replica of the Sutton Hoo Helmet (which is in the British Museum and amazing it is!).
So on to Orford.
Orford Castle was constructed by Henry II to act as a counterpoint to the Bigod at Framlingham. It is fairly complete.
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