Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery

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The Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery is a place of burial dated to the 6th century AD located on Snape Common, near to the town of Aldeburgh in Suffolk, Eastern England. Dating to the early part of the Anglo-Saxon Era of English history, it contains a variety of different forms of burial, with inhumation and cremation burials being found in roughly equal proportions. The site is also known for the inclusion of a high status ship burial. A number of these burials were included within burial mounds. ()

Alternative names: Established: VI centuryCoordinates: 52°10'13"N, 1°30'2"E

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Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Orford Castle, Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh Cinema.

5.4 miS
Unusually complete English keep
Orford Castle, Orford
138 min walk • Orford Castle is a castle in Orford in the English county of Suffolk, 12 miles northeast of Ipswich, with views over Orford Ness. It was built between 1165 and 1173 by Henry II of England to consolidate royal power in the region. The well-preserved keep, described by historian R.
4.5 miE
Museum, Art gallery
Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, Aldeburgh
115 min walk • The Aldeburgh Beach Lookout is a historic landmark on the Aldeburgh sea front, in Suffolk, England. Grade II listed, it was built around 1830 as a lookout tower to assist or plunder shipping along the hazardous North Sea coast. It now houses an artistic space, hosting exhibitions by British artists including Sir Antony Gormley RA.
0.5 miS
Music and shows, Nightlife, Shopping
Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh
13 min walk • Snape Maltings is an arts complex on the banks of the River Alde at Snape, Suffolk, England. It is best known for its concert hall, which is one of the main sites of the annual Aldeburgh Festival.
4.4 miE
Nightlife, Cinema
Aldeburgh Cinema, Aldeburgh
113 min walk • Aldeburgh Cinema is one of the oldest, continuously running cinema houses in the United Kingdom. It is located in the town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
4.1 miNE
Specialty museum, History museum, Historical place
Long Shop Museum, Leiston
104 min walk • The Long Shop Museum is an industrial museum in the town of Leiston in the English county of Suffolk. The museum is dedicated to the history of Richard Garrett & Sons who manufactured agricultural machinery, steam engines and trolleybuses in Leiston.
5.4 miS
Church
St Bartholomew's Church, Orford
138 min walk • The Church of St Bartholomew is the parish church of the town of Orford, England. A medieval church, dating from the fourteenth century, with reconstructions in the nineteenth and twentieth century, it is a Grade I listed building.
4.8 miNE
Monastery
Leiston Abbey, Saxmundham
123 min walk • Leiston Abbey outside the town of Leiston, Suffolk, England, was a religious house of Canons Regular following the Premonstratensian rule, dedicated to St Mary.
4.7 miE
Vacation rental, Tower
House in the Clouds
120 min walk • The House in the Clouds is a water tower at Thorpeness, Suffolk, England. It was built in 1923 to receive water pumped from Thorpeness Windmill and was designed to improve the looks of the water tower, disguising its tank with the appearance of a weatherboarded building more in...
4.7 miE
Museum, Windmill
Thorpeness Windmill
119 min walk • Thorpeness Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill at Thorpeness, Suffolk, England which was built in 1803 at Aldringham and moved to Thorpeness in 1923.
4.5 miNW
Museum
Parham Airfield Museum, Woodbridge
114 min walk • Parham Airfield Museum is a museum in Framlingham in Suffolk, England. The airfield was named after the village of Parham in Suffolk famously linked to the Aldeburgh poet George Crabbe.
4.3 miE
Church
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aldeburgh
111 min walk • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aldeburgh is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.