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)