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Essay / Essay on Sutton Hoo and Beowulf - 965
In the poem, Beowulf's burial mound is situated very similarly: a memorial mound that was tall and wide to be seen from afar by ocean travelers (3157-58 ) The equipment and jewelry that Beowulf's warriors received as a reward for their heroism ("helmet and mail", "sword", "horses and weapons", "paid gold") – many of which can be found at the location burial – helmets, shield mounts (shields that have long rotted), rings, necklaces, etc. Sutton Hoo also contained a boar's crested helmet, a feature of the Geat warriors in the poem: boar figures gleamed on plated cheek guards, inlaid with gold (303 -4) (Cramp 117) Sutton Mound Two Hoo was largely emptied in the 19th century, but the few remaining fragments suggest that its occupant was as richly buried as King Raedwald, and the burial chamber more closely resembles that of Beowulf (Clark