Sun 16 Oct 16 Sutton Hoo, Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge IP12 3DJ Sutton Hoo and World History. Building burial mounds is a global practice - why did people do it' From the hill-size tomb of the first emperor of China (221BC) to Sutton Hoo Mound 1 (7th c AD) and the great flat-topped mounds of the Mississippi culture (late 13th century AD) these monuments...