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The article reports on an excavation of an eroding cist exposed on Whitehorse Hill in England, which has indicated evidences of a burial ground on early Bronze Age Dartmoor in England, and mentions its pertinence to excavations on Dartmoor National Park, as of January 2017.

The article reports on excavations beside the River Wensum in Norfolk, England, which have revealed a number of rare Middle Saxon log coffins and plank-lined graves, as of January 2017, and mentions indication of funerary trends of the civilization.

The article discusses the excavation in Barrow Clump Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Salisbury Plain in England spearheaded by the Great Britain Ministry of Defence (MoD) Operation Nightingale and Wessex Archeology. Topics discussed include the mapping of the cemetery and the investigations of the graves which was clustered in the Bronze Age, the discoveries of the warrior graves along with his sword, and the discoveries high-status women along with their jewellery box of ornaments.

The article discusses developments of archaeological work at the village of Sedgeford in Norfolk, England. It notes that the Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project began in 1996 to investigate the existence of Middle to Late Anglo-Saxon settlement and burial site. It cites evidence of rural settlement from the 7th to 11th century AD based on the Boneyard and Chalkpit excavations from 2007, with speculation that the church served as the central authority on the village.

The article reports on the results of excavations conducted at Street House near Loftus in the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. Initial archaeological investigations led to the discovery of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in 2005. Researchers from the Teesside Archaeological Society discovered 109 graves. A southern entrance to the site was also discovered and it was believed that this entrance was considered for ceremonial purposes.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various topics within the issue including excavations on Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Great Ryburgh in England, Roman archaeology at Mucking, England, and discovery of cist burials on Dartmoor in England.

The article reports on the results of the cemetery excavation conducted close to the Roman circus of Colchester in Essex, England. Colchester was known as Camulodunum during Roman times and is claimed to be the most ancient town in Great Britain. Excavation results showed that some of the citizens of that time marked their grave plots with ditches and wooden fences. The Colchester Archaeological Trust conducted the investigation.