Monument record SUT 006 - Group of round barrows, Sutton Hoo; Sutton Mounts; Tumulus A; Mound 3

'Mound 3' - 85 feet in diameter and 5-7 feet high 1964 (S1); 85 feet (26m) diameter, 6 feet 6 inches (2m) high 1975 (S2).
Excavated by Basil Brown in 1938. Contained the remains of a large wooden tray, 5 feet 6 inches long by 22 inches wide, at either end of which was a deposit of cremated bone (human and horse). Also fragments of a limestone plaque, decorated bone fragments, a bronze lid, an iron axe and pottery sherds (S2).
Basil Brown refers to this site as Tumulus A, having lettered rather than numbered the mounds. Details of excavation and finds are to be found in the Basil Brown archive (S3).
Scheduled

Topographic survey produced a more detailed contour plan of the scheduled site and the surrounding area. Area 1 and 2 were intensively surveyed to record the recent changes in topography of the monument including the reconstruction of mound two, and to located features which have been erected on the site. The survey found strong evidence that both mounds 8 and 9 have been robbed. The survey demonstrated that the site overlooked the valley of the River Debden, it lies at the junction of two distinct topographic regions. To the east and south the site lies at the edge of a broad flat landscape, however to the west the shape of the land changes with the ground falling away steeply, down to the estuary of the Debden (S7).