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Thesaurus Term/Concept: INHUMATION CEMETERY

Identifier 70060
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note An area used for the deposition of human remains where the principal funeral rite is the burial of the corpse complete. Generally indicated by the discovery of articulated human skeletal remains, occasionally with evidence of coffins and/or grave goods.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Related Terms/Concepts (1)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (11)

Instances/Examples (15)

Context Record
Monument Type MEX26570 Anglo-Saxon cemetery at 'Barrow Field', east of Easterford Mill, Feering (Monument)
Monument Type MEX18215 Anglo-Saxon grubenhaus, Stifford Clays (Monument)
Monument Type MEX26583 Cropmarks associated with the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Barrow Field, Kelvedon (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1051903 Early Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery, Cam Valley Crematorium (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1054017 Late Iron Age enclosed settlement, later reused as Roman cemetery, Mucking (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1054002 Latest Iron Age multivallate enclosure and cemetery on the site of South Rings, Mucking (Monument)
Monument Type MEX10128 Little Holland Deserted Medieval Village (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1053919 Medieval inhumation cemetery at Kelvedon Church (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1051234 Medieval inhumations at St Osyths Priory, St Osyth (Monument)
Monument Type MEX38163 Multi-phase and shifting Iron Age settlements, Mucking (Monument)
Monument Type MEX38166 Multi-phase Early to Middle Saxon shifting hamlet settlement and cemeteries, Mucking (Monument)
Monument Type MEX12446 Nazeingbury Late Saxon cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MEX17998 Possible site of Roman settlement and cemetery, Holme Farm, Bulphan Fen (Monument)
Monument Type MEX25017 Probable Roman inhumation cemetery near The Towers, Heybridge (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1052239 Probable site of Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery (Find Spot)