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.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MEX1052763 Early-Middle Bronze Age round barrow, The Paddock (Monument)
Monument Type	MEX1038869 Iron Age features to rear of the Institute Hall, High Street, Kelvedon (Monument)
Monument Type	MEX1052631 Late Iron Age roundhouses and funeral pyre, 39-45 Crescent Road (Monument)
Monument Type	MEX1052638 Late Iron Age to Early Roman transition settlement at Elms Farm, Heybridge (Monument)
Monument Type	MEX1039706 Multi-period remains on land at the former Boreham Airfield, Bulls Lodge Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type	MEX1032453 Stansted Airport Mid Term Car Park (Monument)