The hall was the 'most extensive and materially wealthy settlement of its date known in England'.
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"Rendlesham is the most extensive and materially wealthy settlement of its date known in England, and excavation of the hall confirms that this is the royal residence recorded by Bede. The work was a "major advance in our understanding of the early East Anglian kingdom and the wider North Sea world of which it was a part," he added.The excavations also revealed a perimeter ditch enclosing the royal compound, remains of food preparation and feasting that showed the consumption of vast quantities of meat - mainly beef and pork - and dress jewellery, personal items, fragments of glass drinking vessels and pottery.
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