Large Anglo-Saxon cemetery first discovered by aerial photography and then excavated in 1976 and 1989. Known locally as Updown cemetery the graves were aligned west to east, many with enclosing ditches. A rescue excavation in 1976 by Hawkes at the south side revealed 36 graves, at least 12 of which had ditches 4.5 to 7 metres in diameter. Other ditches may have been destroyed by ploughing. There was no trace of either barrows or other structural features. Similar clusters of ditch-enclosed graves occur elsewhere in the cemetery. The majority of the graves are of men and children, mostly in coffins and with grave goods. The male graves yielded a Frankish pottery vessel, shield boss, spears and buckles. The children's, mostly girls, contained a disc-brooch, thread box, buckle, silver pin, gold bracteate, gilt coin and beads of amethyst and glass. All graves date from the second half of the 7th century and could be associated with the royal villa at Eastry. Further excavations in 1989 during the construction of the Eastry Bypass found 41 more graves, mostly widely spaced on a west-east axis, at least 8 with enclosing ditches, others possibly ploughed away. A sample of excavated graves showed a mix of genders plus possible family groups (adults and children or pairs of adults). Grave goods were absent or modest but included spears, knives, beads, latch lifters, shears, bangles, pins etc plus pottery and glass vessels. The finds in this area were generally poorer than elsewhere in cemetery. Dated to 2nd half 7th century AD. The site lies on a very gentle north-west facing Chalk slope. OD 25-30m.