Thesaurus Term/Concept: FUNERAL PYRE

Identifier 104253
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A structure consisting of combustible material, typically wood, on which a body is placed and then cremated, sometimes with accompanying grave goods. Use only when evidence of structure exists.

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Instances/Examples (10)

Context Record
Monument Type MKE20161 Bronze Age Cremation Cemetery, Hawkinge (Monument)
Monument Type MKE78650 Late Iron Age/early Roman cremation burials, Hawkinge (Monument)
Monument Type MKE20328 Later Bronze Age Cemetery, Shrubsoles Hill, Sheppey (Monument)
Monument Type MKE89597 Middle Bronze Age/Late Bronze Age cremation cemetery, Highstead Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MWX20685 Pepper Hill Roman Cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MKE20217 Possible funerary or furnace features, Tile Lodge Farm, Charing (Monument)
Monument Type MKE20398 Possible late Bronze Age/early Iron Age cremation/pyre near Kingsnorth Power Station, Hoo (Monument)
Monument Type MKE5003 Roman and Saxon burials, London Road, St Dunstan's, Canterbury (Monument)
Monument Type MKE2792 Roman walled cemetery, Sutton Valence (Monument)
Monument Type MKE19998 Romano-British Cremations, Dartford (Monument)