Thesaurus Term/Concept: CREMATION PIT

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.

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Instances/Examples (6)

Context Record
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)