Monument record SUT 007 - Group of round barrows, Sutton Hoo; Sutton Mounts; Tumulus E; Mound 4

'Mound 4' - 65 feet in diameter and 3-4 feet high, 1964 (S1); 60 feet (18. 25m) in diameter and 3 feet (0.9m) high, 1975 (S2).
Excavated by Basil Brown 1938. Contained a central pit 7 feet long, 3 feet wide and 3 feet deep. Within this was a spread of cremated bone (human and horse), thin bronze bowl fragments with textile adhering and a burnt bone counter (S2).
Basil Brown referred to this site as Tumulus E having lettered the mounds rather than numbering them. Description of his excavation and finds in archvive (S3).
Scheduled

1995: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 (S6).