Thesaurus Term/Concept: CHARNEL PIT

Identifier 70690
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A pit used for the re-burial of disarticulated human remains from many individuals, occasionally displaying sorting of remains, eg. grouping of skulls or long bones. Distinct from mass burials which contain articulated skeletal remains.

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Context Record
Monument Type MKE92546 Anglo-Saxon burials, St Gabriel's Chapel, Christchurch Cathedral (Monument)
Monument Type MKE43249 Graves and charnel pits in St Nicholas Church churchyard (Monument)
Monument Type MKE114505 North-west extent of St Mary Bredin churchyard (Monument)
Monument Type MKE4591 Romano-British clay pits, Temple?, charnel pit and graves south of St Gabriel's Chapel (Monument)