Rendlesham Community Fieldwork

Since 2008, Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service have been investigating the royal Anglo-Saxon settlement at Rendlesham. Archaeological investigations continued with volunteers over three seasons of fieldwork from 2021-2024 throughout the Deben valley, as part of the community archaeology project, Rendlesham Revealed funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Please note, the Rendlesham site is on private farmland and has no public access.

Explore the results of the community fieldwork, with video interviews, year-by-year discoveries at the excavations, articles on the post-excavation analysis and results of surveys.

Video Interviews

The videos below feature interviews with Professor Christopher Scull and Faye Minter, who explain the archaeological excavations at Rendlesham since 2008, unearthing the remains of a large Anglo-Saxon settlement. There is also a short film featuring local people who volunteered from 2021-2023.

 

Archaeological Excavations

two children digging in a field

Excavations 2021

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two people excavating in sandy field

Excavations 2022

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excavation site

Excavations 2023

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Archaeological Post-Excavation

animal bones on table person writing label

Post-Excavation 2021

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animal bones and inkwell pot

Post-Excavation 2022

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pottery on table

Post Excavation 2023

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Archaeological Survey

person holding soil sample

Geoarchaeology

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group of people on field

Fieldwalking

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person holding magnetometer in field

Geophysics

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gold and garnet anglo-saxon bead from Rendlesham

Rendlesham

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Online Talks Series

Analysing Anglo-Saxon Rendlesham

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people excavating an archaeological site

Past Investigations

methods and techniques

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