Unmarked graves - including those of two children - have been uncovered at Clareville Cemetery after radar scans were taken after clearing of the area.
Carterton District Council community and recreation services manager Brian McWilliams said the area in which the eight graves were discovered had been earmarked as a natural burial site and there were no records of the burials.
Council staff initially found the site after spotting broken headstones in the old grave.
They then removed 12 large, old pine trees and then went to cemetery survey consultants Geotech who scanned the area using Ground Penetrating Radar.
Geotech is in the process of preparing a report.
Mr McWilliams said, because the area is quite rough, he would level it to enable easy maintenance.
A fence has also been relocated to include the separated graves as part of the layout of the entire cemetery. Mr McWilliams has also recommended to the council a small memorial stone be put in to acknowledge the graves and their unknown occupants.
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