Sutton Hoo’s buried ship survived mainly as an imprint, not an intact wooden vessel.

27 m

Sutton Hoo’s buried ship survived mainly as an imprint, not an intact wooden vessel.

The great ship burial at Sutton Hoo survived chiefly as an impression in the soil, with iron rivets marking a vessel about 27 metres long. Archaeologists did not uncover an intact wooden ship ready to lift out of the ground.