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)