Thesaurus Term/Concept: BURNT MOUND

Identifier 68925
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A mound of fire-cracked stones, normally accompanied by a trough or pit which may have been lined with wood, stone or clay. Assumed to be locations where heated stones were used to boil water primarily for cooking purposes.

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Context Record
Monument Type MNN848 Iron Age Settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MNN143339 Middle Bronze Age burnt deposits (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170939 Middle Bronze Age burnt stone features and waterholes, Nortoft Lodge (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170357 Possible Bronze Age burnt mound (Monument)
Monument Type MNN28910 Unstratified Neolithic finds and late Iron Age settlement, Wollaston Quarry (Monument)