Woodbridge, England – In the far corner of Southeast England on the Debden River, the former US Navy submarine, whose career saw that it served in some of the most advanced nuclear ships of the 20th century, launched a mission in the past. David Mac Macdonald is one of the 180 volunteers creating an exact copy of the ship, which was led by the king, almost one and a half millennia.
They collaborate with the Sutton Hoo ship company in the small Woodbridge town, and their mission is to create a historically accurate reproduction of a tree-long ship, loudly found in a place believed to be the final resting place of the 7th Century Anglo-Saxon King.
People observe excavations at the funeral of Anglo -Saxon ships in Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, 1939. August 17th/ CRIRIT: Local Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty/Getty
The remains of the original ship were discovered buried in Sutton Hoo almost a century ago, directly across the river from the reconstruction site.
Among the old ship’s skeleton were many Anglo -Saxon artifacts, which, along with their discovery history, caused international fame of the site.
The treasure trove was the “Sutton Hoo helmet”, the most iconic remains of Anglo -Saxon England.
The woman sees the Sutton Hoo helmet displayed
The old ship was in poor condition, when amateur archaeologist Basil Brown discovered it – a little more than a sand imprint of about 90 feet long.
Due to the relative lack of knowledge of this period in the history of England, the find was called “one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all time” created by the British Curator.
There is a discussion on what exactly was buried in a long place, but the most recognized theory is that the ship’s King Raedwald from East England was tight. He was one of the first English kings converted to Christianity, and there is no connection with the present royal family.
The burial of the 7th -century Sutton Hoo ship, which is today Woodbridge, England, is depicted in the artist Peter Dunn’s work. A person buried on board is usually considered Raedwald, Lord of the East Corner. /Credit: English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty/Artist Peter Dunn
Boathouse, where the ship is reconstructed from scratch, attracts more than 9,000 visitors each month, as well as many volunteers. Macdonald grew up in New England and then lived in North Carolina for 30 years, but he moved to the UK seven years ago.
He built special furniture and was trained in the violin manufacturer, but all of which was delayed by the Anglo -Saxon axis set after one of his wife’s friends mentioned the project. He is now part of the Longship family, where he said he “waited most.”
American former Navy submarine David
Macdonald said he and his colleague’s shipbuilders can already imagine a long ship because it is formed against them, saying CBS News: “We just cut all the wood that doesn’t look like a boat.”
However, the project is far from simple. It aims to restore Longship using the same methods and tools that Anglo-Saxons, hammers and clamps, all made of designs over 1400 years-and make it appropriate.
Volunteer works on a 88 -foot -long Sutton Hoo Longship copies located in Longshed, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, 2021. November 10 A photo of the case. /Credit: Joe Giddens/PA Images/Getty
The team started construction in 2019, hoping to implement the project by 2027. The beginning of the beginning.
Laurie Walker CBS News, the main owner of the ship, described the huge amount of time needed to make each part of the ship. The case will be made of about 90 wood boards, each of which requires 30 to 40 hours of work. Those boards will be kept together with about 3,800 crazy iron nails, all made locally.
The wood used for the ship’s hand -made parts is just as much work as it is fashionable to the necessary components. The project gardener Andy Spencer said that every tree used as a source material must be chosen according to its unique length, shape and deficiency.
The reconstruction body of the Sutton Hoo ship, which displays hand -cut, coincides with wood panels held by pierced iron nails. / Credit: Archie Clarke/ CBS News
Spencer said, for example, the ship’s Killy needed an almost perfectly straight, 43-foot oak that needed a heavy search process-that, which was to be repeated for almost every primary component.
Spencer is also a project transplant program that aims to transplant about 20 oak trees for anyone that is cut. New trees are planted near where a long ship is being built, the newly approved Saxony Ship Wood.
Another challenge for the team is the lack of historical plans for the original Sutton Hoo ship, which was built, “in the middle of the Smack Bang, which we don’t know about,” says Sean McMillan, chairman of the project board.
This is not because the Anglo-Saxons did not record their work, but because the Viking raids have seen many monasteries along the eastern coast of England, where historical records were considered to be considered and destroyed.
The Sutton Hoo ship company volunteer seeks to modify the wooden component of the replica of the dish using a tool similar to those used by original Anglo -Saxon ship builders, Woodbridge, England. / Credit: Archie Clarke/ CBS News
In essence, detailed information about the Sutton Hoo funeral ship, which, according to McMillan, “would have been the equivalent of the aircraft carrier in its time,” did not solve.
“There are many questions during the creation:” Well, how would they do it? “Well, we don’t know because there is no evidence about it,” McMillan said.
So they have to work with what they have – the remains of the mud of the Suffolk County pulled from the Hulking ship.
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