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.

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Instances/Examples (15)

Context Record
Monument Type MKE97528 Bronze Age pits and cremations. (Monument)
Monument Type MKE98440 Bronze Age Urned and Unurned Cremations, Charing Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type MKE97503 Bronze Age-Early Roman Activity identified during monitoring of Folkestone Transfer Pipeline, 1998 (Monument)
Monument Type MKE97544 Early Bronze Age features and cremation pits. (Monument)
Monument Type MKE97848 Early Roman Cremation Burials and Roman Pottery, Manston Road (Monument)
Monument Type MKE115904 Iron Age site, Alkham (Monument)
Monument Type MKE78295 Iron Age/early Roman occupation at Waterbrook Farm, Sevington (Monument)
Monument Type MKE97579 Late Bronze Age Activity at Pinden Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type MKE40133 Late Bronze Age features and Early Iron Age - Medieval occupation at areas B and C along the A2 Pepperhill to Cobham widening scheme (Monument)
Monument Type MKE97518 Late Iron Age/Early Roman features at Chilmington Green (Monument)
Monument Type MWX20685 Pepper Hill Roman Cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MKE18231 Romano-British burials found near Diocesan House, Canterbury (Monument)
Monument Type MKE900 Romano-British Cemtery, East Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MKE116004 Small pit, possibly containing a cremation, Station Road, Rainham (Monument)
Monument Type MKE42998 The Excavation of a Multi-Period Site at Canterbury Road, Hawkinge, Kent (Monument)