Thesaurus Term/Concept: BURNT MOUND

Identifier	68925
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	A mound of fire-cracked stones, normally accompanied by a trough or pit which may have been lined with wood, stone or clay. Assumed to be locations where heated stones were used to boil water primarily for cooking purposes.

Broader Terms/Concepts (2)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MKE114646 Area of Bronze Age activity, including burnt mounds, Milton Quarry, Thannington (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE114316 Later of two Bell Barrows, Springhead (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE20234 Prehistoric feature, Springhead evaluation, Gravesend, Kent (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE20295 Two Bell Barrows with cremation, Springhead (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE21035 Two prehistoric burnt mounds, within one a circular ring-shaped feature, layers and pits, representing at leat two phases of activity (Monument)