‘They must be somewhere’: appeal for British oak to recreate Sutton Hoo ship

Charity behind Anglo-Saxon reconstruction says it may be forced to look abroad after struggling to source wood in UK

The aim is ambitious: to complete a functioning reconstruction of the extraordinary Sutton Hoo burial ship by 2026 and test it on the river and sea, hopefully providing fresh insight into what life was like in Anglo-Saxon times.

But the project, being run by a small charity, is struggling to source the right sort of British oak to finish the build and is calling for donations, worried that if it does not get the wood from the UK, it may have to look overseas.