Thesaurus Term/Concept: CREMATION

Identifier 70028
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A funeral rite in which the human body is burnt, usually on a pyre, leaving fragmentary charred or completely combusted remains. Often found buried, occasionally in a container associated with grave goods.

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Related Terms/Concepts (8)

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Instances/Examples (66)

Context Record
Monument Type MNN126784 Barrow mound and ditches (Barrow 1), Irthlingborough (Monument)
Monument Type MNN1764 Bronze Age and Iron Age Settlement & Associated Activity, Sandy Lane (Monument)
Monument Type MNN1396 Bronze Age barrow and enclosure, Earls Barton Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type MNN130109 Bronze Age Barrow with Secondary Roman Useage (Monument)
Monument Type MNN4340 Bronze Age Burial Site (Plus Late Neolithic & Early Iron Age Activity) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN140846 Bronze Age Cremation Cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNN137077 Bronze Age Cremation, Marsh Lane (Monument)
Monument Type MNN119327 Bronze Age double-ditched round barrow and pits, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type MNN20987 Bronze Age Round Barrow (Barrow 4) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170863 Bronze Age/ Iron Age cremation, Bozeat Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type MNN119293 Early Bronze Age Ring Ditch II, Grendon Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type MNN32490 Early Saxon cemetery, mainly 6th century, Wakerley (Monument)
Monument Type MNN116124 Extensive area of Iron Age settlement (The Ecton Complex) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN35545 Extra-mural Roman burials south of Richmond Rd, Towcester (Monument)
Monument Type MNN142600 Iron Age & Romano-British settlement, Quinton (Monument)
Monument Type MNN21117 Iron Age Cremation, Thrapston (Monument)
Monument Type MNN848 Iron Age Settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170588 Late Neolithic cremations, Warth Park (Monument)
Monument Type MNN4081 Late Neolithic to Roman settlement, Harpers Brook (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170439 Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age and Iron Age activity, Cranford Business Park (Monument)
Monument Type MNN115069 Later Roman enclosure system and possible temple, Area G (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170505 Middle Bronze Age cremation burial (Monument)
Monument Type MNN172224 Middle Bronze Age cremation cemetery, west of the A43 (Monument)
Monument Type MNN104456 Middle Bronze Age cremation pit (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170940 Middle Bronze Age cremations, Nortoft Lodge (Monument)
Monument Type MNN171708 Middle Bronze Age field system and Early-middle Iron Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlement, Warth Park (Monument)
Monument Type MNN16209 Middle to Late Bronze Age Cremation Cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNN32733 Neolithic Long Barrow, re-used in Early Bronze Age, and middle Bronze Age cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170586 Neolithic pits, Brackmills Point (Monument)
Monument Type MNN10226 Possible Bronze Age Urnfield (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170806 Possible Iron Age farmstead, south of Overstone Grange (Monument)
Monument Type MNN21485 Possible Roman Cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNN8523 Possible Roman cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNN23595 Possible Roman cremation, Kettering (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNN3367 Possible Roman Settlement, near Thenford Church (Monument)
Monument Type MNN173546 Prehistoric Activity at Buckton Fields (Monument)
Monument Type MNN173079 Prehistoric cremations, Aldwincle (Monument)
Monument Type MNN126786 Prehistoric Round Barrow (Barrow 3) (Monument)
Monument Type MNN32049 Probable Bronze Age Burial (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNN22771 Probable Bronze Age Round Barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNN119300 Probable early Bronze Age Ring Ditches (I and III), Grendon Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type MNN14859 Probable Early Saxon Cemetery, Stone Pits Close (Monument)
Monument Type MNN171915 Probable Iron Age and Roman settlement, Stanton Cross (Monument)
Monument Type MNN172235 Probable Iron Age/Roman field system (Monument)
Monument Type MNN172233 Probable Iron Age/Romano-British settlement, north-east of Field Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MNN169164 Probable late Iron Age farmstead and possible late Saxon/early medieval plots (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170948 Probable Late Neolithic/Bronze Age round barrow and Iron Age pits, Apex Park (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170985 Probable late Neolithic/early Bronze Age round barrow, south of Kings Meadow Lane (Monument)
Monument Type MNN168700 Probable Middle Neolithic Cremation Cemetery, Milton Ham (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170991 Probable Roman cremation burial, Delapre Abbey (Monument)
Monument Type MNN26122 Probable Saxon Cremation, Woodford (Monument)
Monument Type MNN172330 Roman cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNN171398 Roman cremation burial, Glendon (Monument)
Monument Type MNN23801 Romano-British Burials (Monument)
Monument Type MNN23802 Romano-British Burials (Monument)
Monument Type MNN169253 Romano-British Cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNN10587 Romano-British Pottery Production and possible Saxon cemetery, Asplin's Pit (Monument)
Monument Type MNN14632 Romano-British settlement and possible shrines, Glapthorn Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNN24119 Single Early Saxon Inhumation With Grave Goods (Monument)
Monument Type MNN23862 Site of Bronze Age burials, Paddock Lane (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170565 Site of early Bronze Age henge and middle Bronze Age field system, Priors Hall (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170593 Undated burial and cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNN18569 Undated Burial(s), Possibly From Within a Barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNN171629 Undated cremation, Earls Barton Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type MNN22630 Unstratified early Saxon cremation and finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNN23846 Unstratified, unlocated Bronze Age urn (Find Spot)