Thesaurus Term/Concept: MORTUARY ENCLOSURE

Identifier	70089
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	A subrectangular earthen enclosure defined by a ditch, usually with an internal bank, assumed to have been used for the primary exposure or burial of human remains in the Neolithic period prior to secondary burial elsewhere.

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Instances/Examples (10)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MNN119286 Neolithic barrow/mortuary structure (Ring Ditch V), Grendon Quarry (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN27331 Neolithic Mortuary Enclosure (Aldwincle Site 1) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN31318 Neolithic Mortuary Enclosure with late Neolithic/Bronze Age reuse, Tansor Crossroads (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN119498 Possible Neolithic Mortuary Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN128647 Possible Neolithic Mortuary Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN129233 Possible Neolithic Mortuary Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN131685 Possible Neolithic/Bronze Age Mortuary Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN117250 Possible Prehistoric Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN128447 Possible Prehistoric Mortuary Enclosure (Morphed Aerial Archaeology Interpretation) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNN128267 Probable ornamental tree ring, Lilford Park (Monument)