In the poem, Beowulf's burial mound is situated in a very similar location: a memorial mound that was high and wide enough to be seen in the distance by ocean travelers (3157-58) The equipment and jewels that Beowulf's warriors received as rewards for their heroism ("helmet and mail", "sword", "horses and weapons", "paid gold") - many of these are found in the location burial: helmets, shield mounts (from shields that rotted away long ago), rings, necklaces, etc. Sutton Hoo also contained a boar-crested helmet, a feature of the Geat warriors in the poem: boar figures shone on gold-inlaid plated cheek plates (303-4) (Cramp 117) Mound two at Sutton Hoo was mostly emptied in the nineteenth century, but the few fragments and remains suggest that its occupant was buried as richly as King Raedwald, and the burial chamber more closely resembles that of Beowulf (Clark