Rendlesham rediscovered - Current Archaeology

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Exploring landscapes of power in early medieval East Anglia Over the last two decades, evidence of a high-status early medieval settlement has been emerging just four miles from Sutton Hoo. What can Rendlesham tell us about the evolution and exercise of royal power in early medieval England? Carly Hilts spoke to Christopher Scull, Faye Minter, Stuart Brookes, and Tom Williamson to learn more. Today, Rendlesham is a rural village near Woodbridge in south-east Suffolk, but for a long time it was an intriguing footnote in the story of early medieval East Anglia. The site appears briefly in Bede’s Ecclesiastical History,