Report on excavations of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Updown, Eastry, Kent (Martin Welch); The date and nature of Wat's Dyke: a reassessment in the light of recent investigations at Gobowen, Shropshire (Laurence Hayes and Timothy Malim); The Middle and Late Anglo-Saxon defences of western Mercian towns (Steven Bassett); The significance of OE Burh in Anglo-Saxon England (Simon Draper) The distribution of the 'Winchester' style in Late Saxon England: metalwork finds from the Danelaw (Jane Kershaw); Warriors, heroes and companions: negotiating masculinity in Viking-Age England (Dawn Hadley).