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Thesaurus Term/Concept: STORAGE PIT

Identifier 68668
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A pit dug in the ground used to store meat, grain and other foodstuffs. A common feature of Iron Age farms.

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Instances/Examples (6)

Context Record
Monument Type MEX38285 1st-4th century pits, gullies, fences, structures and human remains (inside Second Walled Enclosure) at All Saints Churchyard, Great Chesterford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1408 Cropmarks of possible Iron Age to Roman settlement at Redleg Plantation (Monument)
Monument Type MEX17804 Iron Age to Romano British occupation site, Stifford Clays (Monument)
Monument Type MEX39845 Late Iron Age to Roman field-system, building, well and burials, Langford Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1051798 Medieval enclosed settlement with associated field settlement at Parcel A, land west of Isabel Drive (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1052635 Roman gravel pits, well, kiln and probable road, Crescent Road (Monument)