<P> Long afterwards, the roof collapsed violently under the weight of the mound, compressing the ship's contents into a seam of earth . </P> <P> As a body was not found, there was early speculation that the ship - burial was a cenotaph, but soil analyses conducted in 1967 found phosphate traces, supporting the view that a body had disappeared in the acidic soil . The presence of a platform (or a large coffin) that was about 9 feet (2.7 m) long was indicated . An iron - bound wooden bucket, an iron lamp containing beeswax, and a bottle of north continental manufacture were close by . The objects around the body indicate that it lay with the head at the west end of the wooden structure . </P> <P> Artefacts near the body have been identified as regalia, pointing to its being that of a king . Most of the suggestions for the occupant are East Anglian kings because of the proximity of the royal vill of Rendlesham . Since 1940, when H.M. Chadwick first ventured that the ship - burial was probably the grave of Rædwald, scholarly opinion divided between Raedwald and his son (or step - son) Sigeberht . The man who was buried under Mound 1 cannot be identified, but the identification with Rædwald still has widespread scholarly acceptance . But from time to time, other identifications are suggested, including his son Eorpwald of East Anglia, who succeeded his father in about 624 . Rædwald is the most likely of the candidates because of the high quality of the imported and commissioned materials and the resources needed to assemble them, the authority that the gold was intended to convey, the community involvement required to conduct the ritual at a cemetery reserved for an elite, the close proximity of Sutton Hoo to Rendlesham and the probable date horizons . </P> <P> David M. Wilson has remarked that the metal artworks found in the Sutton Hoo graves were "work of the highest quality, not only in English but in European terms". </P>

Where was one of the anglo saxon kings buried with treasure and armour