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Thesaurus Term/Concept: ENCLOSED CREMATION CEMETERY

Identifier 70057
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A cemetery of later prehistoric date comprising exclusively cremated human remains, some or all of which may be contained within pottery vessels. The cemetery area is partly or wholly surrounded by an earthwork bank and/or ditch.

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Instances/Examples (3)

Context Record
Monument Type MEX1051233 Bronze Age ceremonial landscape at Lanswood Park, Clacton Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX25795 Late Iron Age enclosed cremation cemetery, Maldon Hall Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1051277 Roman settlement at Lanswood Park (Monument)