Thesaurus Term/Concept: CIST

Identifier 70071
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note Generally rectangular structure normally used for burial purposes, and formed from stone slabs set on edge, and covered by one or more horizontal slabs or capstones. Cists may be built on the surface or sunk into the ground.

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Instances/Examples (19)

Context Record
Monument Type MNN201 Blacklands Romano-British Town (Monument)
Monument Type MNN24379 Middle-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 MNN21719 Possible Bronze Age burial site (Monument)
Monument Type MNN22839 Possible Bronze Age burials, west of Chelveston (Monument)
Monument Type MNN23780 Possible Early Saxon cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNN23716 Possible early Saxon inhumation (Monument)
Monument Type MNN806 Possible Iron Age & Romano-British Settlement & Funerary Activity, Twywell Brickyard (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNN25077 Possible Neolithic cist burial (Monument)
Monument Type MNN17795 Possible Prehistoric Burial (Monument)
Monument Type MNN3254 Possible Romano-British Settlement & Funerary Site, 'Spitchel' Field (Monument)
Monument Type MNN14859 Probable Early Saxon Cemetery, Stone Pits Close (Monument)
Monument Type MNN137010 Probable Late Romano-British Cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNN17881 Probable Prehistoric Burial, Aynho Park (Monument)
Monument Type MNN14863 Roman Barrow Cemetery, Borough Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MNN32446 Roman burial, north of Perio Mill Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MNN170883 Roman cemetery, Irchester Roman Town (Monument)
Monument Type MNN18822 Single Early Saxon Inhumation With Grave Goods (Monument)
Monument Type MNN26813 St. Bartholomew's churchyard (Monument)