'Greatest Archaeological Discovery in British History' - Visiting Sutton Hoo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2021
- In August 2020 after months in my garden glued to editing software I escaped and went on a journey to Sutton Hoo. Thought I'd document the trip so you guys could come too! Oh and I brought my shiny new drone out for it's very first spin!
The first video in this series:-
• Walking Along The Rive...
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Being a retired English literature professor, I would tell my students to study history whenever a novel, a poem, an short story was assigned. Loved and thoroughly enjoyed your taking me to Sutton Hoo. Continue you marvelous work of giving history through your eyes and words.
Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today??
I admire your passion, you are part of history doing what you do!
I live near Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania, USA. I ride my bicycle over the battlefield all the time or, walk the many back trails often having the battlefield to myself. Its beautiful in the winter snow!
I have been a member of the American Battlefield Trust for twenty plus years and am very proud to have helped to save hallowed ground from urban sprawl.
After the 1863 battle , a train track was laid down to give people access to an amusement park built of the battlefield.
U. S. Army used the battlefield for mock tank battles, destroying history with every turn of their tracks.
Then, our government saw the graffitti at the Devils Den and decided to send in a team to chisel off the carvings, destroying the names of the very men who fought here!
I have family in Wellingborough and grew up there, playing in Croyland Gardens. Never knowing of its history as given by Edred King of Mercia to the monks of croyland,,,, in 948AD! I urge you to visit there....
Keep sharing your passion and, know there others like you that are moved by being at historical sites. Funny, my coworkers wonder why I spend my time out in fields "staring at dirt"?
Here after watching The Dig 🙂👍
Me too...I loved the film..The best I've seen in years...
@@kohedunn What film? If you don't mind
@@jozz2248 The Dig..on Netflix 😉👍
I watched it 3 days ago, only reason I clicked on the video
Me too but I slept tro it..... hoping this means I wont have to watch it again ;)
I just would like to say even though you are not a huge channel, please keep doing what you are doing. I am a dad with 2 small kids and work full time night shifts. I don't have the time to do these sorts of things but I really enjoy watching you do it and walk us along with super interesting insight.
When the little sprogs grow up il definitely be spending my time doing similar activities. Fascinating.
Visited the Sutton Hoo site and Mrs. Pretty’s house a few years ago and it was magical! Also visited the Burial treasures at the British Museum. While at Sutton Hoo, I bought a pin which looks like the Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon Helmet as a reminder of this wonderful trip. It will always be on my lapel. This trip was on my bucket list so I was glad to get the chance. 💖
did you say a mental thank you to Mrs. Pretty and her obvious common sense and generosity of spirit.
Ralph Fiennes was simply extraordinary
His accent was perfect. I did not realise he was from Ipswich! No wonder in retrospect. I enjoyed the film but his performance was, as you say , extraordinary indeed!
Just love him, he is always excellent in every role
And the rest of the movie is a waste of time.
He always is.
As was Basil Brown.
This place and it’s finds and also Grimes Graves , are the reason I have always been fascinated by history,
As a child I was taken to these places and was even able to go down a ladder underground into the graves.
I would have beyond anything else loved to go to university to study this kind of history and archeology by was financially unable to .
I suck in history like a sponge and now at 61 want to continue my journey .
I’ve been to Knossos , on Crete , Venice , and hundreds of museums and stately homes , which I can’t get enough of .
My legs are giving in now so continue my love through people like you ...... so ,,,,,, thank you , you keep my dream alive xxxx
Sending u love 💗 from New Zealand 🇳🇿 Take care and stay safe
Good stuff. "The Dig" brought me here. :)
Thanks Pete. There is so much history out there! We peoples of the world need to know as much of our history as we can! As an Aussie, I would like someone of your ilk to research and make known to the world the prehistory of our indigenous people. At least 30-50,000 years and perhaps as long as 100,000 years! I am Anglo by heritage and love to hear or that part of my pre-history. Cheers!
The left will be most upset that you have the audacity to look into your ancient past....To them you are just a bland white guy with no culture.....🤔
Thank you, that was quite a tour. I know it's sad that the museum is closed due to pandemic, but exploring the site without the presence of any other tourist sounds like fun. Definitely a must-see if I ever visit your country.
I’m used to exploring places alone as most stone circles in the country tend to be very ill frequented. To be alone at a place as famous as Sutton Hoo though - That is something else indeed.
Me too. Saw "The Dig" yesterday here in Rio de Janeiro. Never heard about this archeological site before. "Great place to visit."
I’m a Brit so proud of our heritage.
What fascinates me is not only what’s been discovered but what still remains hidden waiting for discovery....
The wealth of this dynasty is staggering when you consider this is what they just buried....
Keep up the top quality enthusiasm and delivery😎👌
I was stationed in Britain years ago. I visited many places throughout Britain but never made it to Sutton Hoo. Someday I want to return to Britain and visit this incredible place.
My family in Australia loved this when they came over...
It’s well worth the journey, absolutely fascinating.
Me too. Stationed at Bentwaters and never visited Sutton Hoo. What a tragedy.
I live in South Jutland ( North Schleswig if you are a German citizen ) , Denmark. We are about 1 hours drive from Angeln , one of the home areas of the Anglo-Saxons of the U.K.
Brother!
We live near a village, Rougham, 4 miles from Bury St. Edmunds, and few years back new drains had to be dug for new houses..They found the remains of an Anglo-Saxon dwelling and two skeletons, male and female...We're also not far from the Iceni village, Boudicca's people..Viking..There's a written description of her, by a Roman...6ft. tall, green eyes, and long red hair..
This was so interesting. I have watched nearly all the TimeTeam programmes so this was great. Thanks from South Africa 🇿🇦
Well done! My husband grew up in Ipswich. Wonderful to delve deeper into the Suffolk history.
I've visited Sutton Hoo and it was amazing how far the ship was dragged up to its resting place, they have a visitors centre there with replicas of the treasure found in the boat, well worth a visit
June...as I have studied historical sites, but far from any kind of expert, there is a possibility that the watercourse or even water level may have been different. My guess is that to create such an honored burial at that time, they must have been aware of the possibility of flooding and studied how far to bring it so it wasn't in danger of being ruined by the course of the river. I am so envious that you have been there.
@@swissuz hi yes you are probably right , it's an amazing place and I hope you get to see it sometime, they have a replica of the Viking Helmet in the Visitor Centre a truly amazing place , Rendelsham Forest is in the same County it's where a UFO landed 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
Shame the feature film 'The dig' drifted off into historically based drama instead of sticking more to the real events and life histories of Edith Pretty and Basil Brown. Basil was an amazing character and the film would have been much better if it had centred more on him rather than the romance of two later characters.
I enjoyed the film. I don't mind when they add in conflicts and events for dramatic intent or to move the story along at a reasonable pace compared to reality to keep the film interesting. I am curious as to why they cast Carey Mulligan as Edith Pretty though - Carey is nearly 20 years younger than Edith would have been in 1939. Seemed a little odd to me!
@@bujin1977 pretty rather than wrinkly!
🧐🤨
I agree. It looked like “the excavator” just went home and retired. And that wasn’t totally true. He had a decade of working with archaeology and museums after this one.. but the politics with academia are always the same and the way good amateur archaeologists can be treated never changes. I’ve seen it.
@@bujin1977 you are also right. People who are not familiar with working at a “dig” might find the movie a little boring. And want even more drama. I wanted to especially see more of the artifacts. I know everyone would have liked that too.
I agree, I honestly thought the film was awful
Lovely video. Basil was an excavator, who went unrecognized due to his lack of pedigree but he was brilliant, noting immediately this was Anglo Saxon, not Viking. I do wish you said, " From Ireland to Asia" but I love this video. Well done.
My nine year old really enjoyed this so we hope you can carry on keeping these videos child friendly. Keep up the great work and your passion and commitment to history.
Thanks for sharing your trip with us. Where I live, Los Angeles, something is considered old if it predates WW2! Take care, and stay safe.
I watched The Dig last weekend and found it fascinating. So enjoy history.
Me too!
Thank you, how lucky I found your film and it was brilliant, can’t remember why I came to TH-cam this afternoon lol looking forward to watching more, many thanks again.
Thanks for your tour, first time I realised Suffolk was South-folk and Norfolk was North folk. My grand parents came from North Walsham. Still got more to do on the family history. I like your approach, no loud music in the background, no waving of arms everywhere. Very calm and peaceful. Co-incidentally I have a pin brooch of the Sutton hoo helmet!!!
Thank you, for taking us out there with you.
Randomly appearing on my feed just hours after I watched the Netflix movie! Hmmmm
Same.
Pete is stalking our Netflix feed.
Same here. Kind of scary how we are being tracked.
Same 😲
same!!
Double-dog same
Thank you! This answered many questions I had after watching "The Dig"
Well done! Best thing I've watched in quite some time. Keep up the good work!
Hello, from NJ USA. Great video. Love history and what it teaches us. Looking forward to seeing your other videos. Thank you!
Hey Pete! So glad that your video popped up on my recommendations after watching The Dig (ohhh tech devices are you stalking me) and you're the guy behind History Time! I love these history nerdy awesomeness. Great work!
Hi Pete, just wanted to say how much we enjoyed this film. We just saw "The Dig" movie and this was the perfect accompaniment. Your documentary was beautifully put together, and we're keen to see the others you have made. Keep up the good work! Alex
Thank you so much for posting this as I feel so connected to this place, I was born close by and I'm a Sutton.
Thank you for doing these awesome vids. Really entertaining and educational!
Pete, that was great. Love your narration, your breadth of knowledge is impressive and your passion for your subject manifest. I'm going straight to your History Time channel to subscribe. Cheers. David O'🍻
Yes,I’m here after watching ‘The Dig’ which was a great watch. Excellent video here mate, really well put together and informative. Well done 👏👏👏
Pete you have some very good work. Thanks for sharing your videos. I'm watching every one of them. Your to the point and not dragging out time. Thanks again, fantastic works.
Watched The Dig, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Then wound up here! Good info. Thanks for sharing your passion.
Recently watched The Dig and this showed up! Wonderful stuff. Thank you
Thank you for your very interesting and informative video! You have blended imagery, narrative and information in an entertaining story! I knew about Sutton Hoo, but you've stitched together events from the past and present to make the information real, emphasizing the importance of the artifacts found there!
I have been to England only once, but I got to explore for a couple of months and I was constantly in awe at the history and the beautiful scenery before me at every place that I had visited! Yes, even in the cities!
Hopefully the whole pandemic will be over soon and you will get to travel wherever you want but for now we will happily watch whatever you're capable to post both on this channel and your main channel.
I have been watching videos on You tube about the Anglo Saxon harp reconstructed from one found at Sutton Hoo. Apparently it was so important to the Anglo Saxon society that after the Norman Conquest they banned it, thinking it would inspire English nationalism.
Thats what led me to watching the film The Dig, but thought it was a bit of a let down. It was more of a love story set to the back ground of Sutton Hoo. This is more interesting, shame everting was closed. I will have to check out your other vids.
You have put a really lovely film together here, thank you. You have a very good, relaxing style of narration too. Keep going, I'm subscribing. xx
Beautifully done! Very much enjoyed this after watching The Dig (which I loved).
Always enjoy these trips to ancient sites
Thanks Pete
Hey thanks for watching! One day I’d love to visit some of the more famous ancient ruins of the world. One day! (It would’ve been last year and this year but oh well!)
We're so happy to have found your channel. We will start watching all your videos.
If a visit to England occurs again, Sutton Hoo will definitely be on the itinerary.
You just popped into my suggested feed for the first time. I’m so so glad!
Pete thanks for posting such an interesting video!
have just watched The Dig and was fascinated to watch your tour of the site, this is magical stuff, thanks so much
Loved this. Very well done. Thank you
Really enjoyed this, Pete. Thank you.
Hey i really enjoy listening to your voice and your videos are awesome..i was so happy to see this video because i had already watched The Dig on Netflix ..thanks for shedding more light on a remarkable story. Those mounds are out of this world. Hope i can make it there one day
Passing by you wouldn’t think there was so much treasure there and think it’s just hills. Makes you think how much undiscovered stuff there is there!
Shame that you didn’t film the walk up from the river following the route that the ship was taken. The steep climb makes the achievement of those who dragged the ship even more impressive. Enjoyed seeing the site again. Felt sorry that you couldn’t enjoy the museum etc due to COVID.
He linked to an entire other video he's done about this!
Thanx Pete!
Looking forward to The Dig tonight!!
Going to be good! I’ve got my popcorn at the ready !
@@PeteKellyHistory I believe Edith Pretty saw, what she saw, and archaeologists have been burying our true history ever since. Experts, leave out one important element in their excavations, the common belief of those times, a belief in *MAGIC* . !!!
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Very good Pete ,you have a good way of telling stories . I enjoyed this vid immensely .
Pete, love your work, God bless you!💛
I hope you do get back when the visitors center/museum is open again. I was here in September 2014, brought by an expat cousin living in Colchester. It was such a treat. In this video, you haven't even touched on the gravel outlines of people buried there. Love your work!
Thank you Pete! I've visited the site and found it fantastic. Great video.
This was a fantastic video. Thanks for the knowledge, Pete.
When I saw you talking at the train station I was like oh it’s another traveling TH-cam video then it starts as a full blown documentary . Love it . Thanks
im doing oral chemo and eyesight is a brul but I I love listening to your voice telling things. cheers.
Wishing you all the best Charlotte. x
Literally just watched The Dig on Netflix....I really enjoyed this video thx for sharing 🇺🇸
Thank you for the tour of Sutton hoo.....the countryside is lovely . You have a nice voice
for narration and deep knowledge of the subject . I will be looking for other videos on
your channel.
Sutton Hoo is a wonderful place to visit. Just one minor niggle, the big mound is referrred to as Mound 2 and is the site of another, robbed out ship burial and it's not known who was buried in it. Basil Brown investigated that in 1938 and found just a few ship rivets. It was built up to it's original height in 1990 to see the effect of erosion over time. It's already lost 1 metre in height. Mound 1, in front of the new tower, is the site of the royal ship burial. There was a third ship burial, a few miles away in Snape, which was robbed out in the 1820s.
Great work Pete! Have been a subscriber of History Time for a couple of years
Excellent video, thanks for making and posting.
Fantastic video. Very informative and well presented. Loved the visuals and your narration. Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!
Hey Shane really appreciate the comment and glad you enjoyed the video! I’ll be releasing some more over the next few months (of trips over the last few years- mostly pre pandemic) but one day I’ll be able to travel abroad again and visit some really amazing ancient places! Thanks for watching !
Love your videos mate, always done so professionally
Great video, so much history congratulations on your own quest, keep them coming, thank you, yes I subscribed from Spain another land of great history.
Really like this focus on Suffolk and the Sutton hoo ,Anglo Saxon landscape. Great stuff. Making me want to do a roadtrip. The relaxed filmin stylee is u man.
Excellent documentary... subscribed and will watch all your videos! Thank you :)
Also watching after seeing The Dig. I like your film and will definitely watch some more, well done.
thanks for all the great work you do
Thank you. Really enjoyed your trip
Thankyou please keep doing what you do to share this wonderful History with your Superb Commentary Peace
Wonderfully done - great presentation!
I'm very appreciative of your efforts. Thanks so much. I'm American of English heritage and Saxon DNA, so feel a connection to Sutton Hoo,
Good job Pete.
Good to see you out and about.👍
Great job, Pete. I'm from Seattle but hugely enjoy being in the UK occasionally, and especially have enjoyed Sutton Hoo and quite a few additional burial mounds in ancient Britain. This was a very enjoyable post.
Wallybeep next time you in UK you could visit Grimes Graves, a series of flint mines in Thetford Forest, Suffolk, when I went there you were allowed to go down into one of the mines very interesting 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
@@Boudicca15 Thanks, June. I will definitely note this for another trip. It’s always so helpful to have local people offer the hidden gems as this. On the list! Thanks .
@@wallybeep you could Google it, there are lots of these flint mines, they were dug out using Deer Antlers as picks, some were found in some of the mines that the miners had used, 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
@@Boudicca15 I just did. This is very exciting. Can’t wait. Indeed, I can’t wait to return to the UK just to visit . I always have a genuinely wonderful time there, and, in fact, especially places elsewhere other than London. Thanks, again. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
@@wallybeep that's great also there is a big ruined Monastry in Thetford Forest and the ghosts of Monks have been seen, colchester was invaded by the Roman's and the Iceni Queen Boudicca and her tribe had a battle there against the Roman's after they had given her two daughters to the soldiers and made her watch them being abused she was tied to a wheel and whipped , she had flame red hair and rose a chariot an amazing woman 🇬🇧🏴 🇺🇸
I am quite impressed by this documentary. Well done!
Amazing and ty so much for sharing this beautiful place and it's history. I can't wait for more to come on this topic and site 🙂.
Hey thanks for watching! I’ll probably do a full length docco on it eventually over on my main channel History Time. Enjoying making these shorter travel videos at the moment though. Very fun to do! Cheers!
@@PeteKellyHistory If you want to visit Sutton Hoo again this summer so you can see the museum (covid pending of course)
Please do let me know! As I think we'd get on well (same age ish) and we'd have some good discussions.
I can even give you a lift from Cambridge (where I now live) and show you the many glorious pubs of my hometown (Woodbridge) & maybe even get out on the river in my canoe.
There's also a new site being excavated in the locality which I'd love to discuss with you (and maybe we can even hunt for it with your drone!)
Loving the drone shots btw, keep up the good work!
Excellent video presentation. Thank you!
we just watched The Dig a few nights ago. Enjoyed it very much and the story is astonishing. Thank you for doing this very interesting video.
Will watch the Dig tonite...thank you for all the info
What a great film makes me want to get a tent live in the woods like the young guy for a couple of weeks . Beautiful place !!!
Watched The Dig, and looking for more history. Thank you!
Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today???
Thanks for the video. I've been fascinated with Sutton Hoo since I first saw the helmet on the cover of a National Geographic.
Loved this video. Thank you!
Who else is here because of "The Dig"?
Yup
Other way around. I watched The Dig again because of this
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 Think I'm going to do the same!!
This is excellent! Well done Mr Kelly...
Fantastic video. I will now watch The Dig. Definitely go to Peru when you can. You will be in awe as I was. Amazing place. Thank you 🙏
Good Job!!! A very interesting and educational presentation of the Sutton Hoo! Thank you for the educational value of your history stories! I watched “The Dig” with Ralph Fiennes so this was perfect timing for me to accidentally run across this.
this video is way more than i bargained for. love it.
Really love your work Pete
Really good video. Haven’t watched movie yet. I could listen to all night. Your voice is very soothing.
I saw the movie once it came out on Netflix and I was thoroughly captivated. I actually got very emotional when the ship was revealed. Such as fascinating time it was when it was first unearthed. Loved the story.
Hi pretty lady.How are you doing today???
Peter, I've just watched your video on Sutton Hoo dig. We watched the movie, 'The dig' last week and found it fascinating. Just wanted to say that we loved your video and are now starting to find the ancient history of England that little more interesting, thanks to you.
We will be checking out other videos of yours in the future.
Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. If you ever visit Cornwall, and need assistance, give me a shout. I'd love to get involved.
Good fortune, and thanks
Tim
Hi, Pete loving your channels and currently working my way through them as i write this, I live 3 miles from the Mercian capital :) and i've decided to do the grand tour based on some of your films, nice work, courses and postcodes plotted, for summer camping and hiking.keep up the good work.
Wow your videos are amazing! Great production work. Subscribed😀