Thesaurus Term/Concept: MORTUARY ENCLOSURE

Identifier	70089
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	A subrectangular earthen enclosure defined by a ditch, usually with an internal bank, assumed to have been used for the primary exposure or burial of human remains in the Neolithic period prior to secondary burial elsewhere.

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Instances/Examples (8)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MKE7511 Cropmark - possibly of a mortuary enclosure (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE127725 Early Neolithic mortuary Monument, Broadley Road Margate (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE114389 Iron Age ritual enclosures, Orbital Park, Ashford (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE78105 Possible walled cemetery, Tilmanstone (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE91329 Probable mortuary enclosure or long barrow, Burham (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE123202 The cropmarks of a large rectilinear ditch-defined enclosure, probably later prehistoric in date (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE122672 Three Roman cemeteries - Thanet Parkway (Monument)
Monument Type	MKE24838 WALTER GOODSALL BURIAL ENCLOSURE AT ALL SAINTS CHURCHYARD (Listed Building)