Thesaurus Term/Concept: CREMATION

Identifier 70028
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A funeral rite in which the human body is burnt, usually on a pyre, leaving fragmentary charred or completely combusted remains. Often found buried, occasionally in a container associated with grave goods.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Related Terms/Concepts (8)

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Instances/Examples (18)

Context Record
Monument Type MNT5155 A Ro crematorium (probably a cremation site and may be the same one as recorded in 05213 - OS). (1) (Element)
Monument Type MNT5156 An apparent crematorium site, of Flavian period, discovered 1936. (1) Probably a casual cremation a (Element)
Monument Type MNT17 Anglo Saxon Urns, Hathern Station, Sutton Bonington (Element)
Monument Type MNT868 Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Holme Pierrepont (Element)
Monument Type MNT9481 Bronze Age cremation, Coneygre Farm W, Thurgarton (Element)
Monument Type MNT7973 Bronze Age cremation, Holme Pierrepont (Element)
Monument Type MNT9289 Bronze Age cremation, Shelford (Element)
Monument Type MNT9290 Bronze Age cremation, Shelford (Element)
Monument Type MNT11796 Bronze Age cremations in Phase 8, East Leake Quarry (Element)
Monument Type MNT1607 Bronze Age cremations, Coneygre Farm E, Thurgarton (Element)
Monument Type MNT9479 Bronze Age cremations, Coneygre Farm E, Thurgarton (Element)
Monument Type MNT3016 BURIALS AT MILLGATE, NEWARK (Element)
Monument Type MNT7 Cremations at Kingston Hall, Kingston on Soar (Element)
Monument Type MNT10539 CREMATIONS AT SEGELOCUM, SITE 3 (Element)
Monument Type MNT10650 Excavated ring ditch, Wilford (Element)
Monument Type MNT3899 Mansfield Woodhouse Roman Villa - tombs and burials (Element)
Monument Type MNT11099 Possible Ro or E Med cremation, trench 1, Southwell Minster Chambers (Element)
Monument Type MNT8792 RED HILL: Ro cremation from Red Hill, Ratcliffe on Soar (Element)