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Thesaurus Term/Concept: CREMATION PIT
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Identifier
70040
Class
MONUMENT TYPE
Status
Preferred
Index?
Yes
Scope Note
A pit over which a corpse has been cremated on a pyre into which the remains and debris, and sometime grave goods, collapse and are buried. Generally confined to the Roman period.
Broader Terms/Concepts (1)
Related Terms/Concepts (2)
Narrower Terms/Concepts (0)
Instances/Examples (6)
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Monument Type
MSF31297 Chilton Leys, Stowmarket, Phase 1, Phase 2 and 3. (Monument)
Monument Type
MSF24585 Intensive Romano-British rural landscape at Former Smoke House Inn (Monument)
Monument Type
MSF30957 Land south of Featherbroom Gardens, Wickham Market (Monument)
Monument Type
MSF34342 Multi period site: Land on south side of Bull Lane, Long Melford (CGMs) GEO EVAL (OAE) EXC (Monument)
Monument Type
MSF22922 Prehistoric activity at Ingham Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type
MSF28308 Roman field system and other multi-period activity (Monument)