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.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Related Terms/Concepts (8)

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Instances/Examples (193)

Context Record
Monument Type MNF11118 All Saints' Church, Earsham (Building)
Monument Type MNF5489 Beaker occupation site and Bronze Age round barrow in Reffley Wood (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5308 Beaker occupation site at Poor Ground and The Oaks (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1124 Brampton Roman town (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1263 Bronze Age Barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNF47415 Bronze Age barrow and other features at the Former Radar Site, RAF Watton (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5828 Bronze Age barrow and Saxon inhumations at London Hill, Thetford Cemetery on London Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7545 Bronze Age barrow group, Tuttington Common (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF6011 Bronze Age barrow, part of cemetery NHER 57422 (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF6203 Bronze Age barrow, Three Farthing Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6212 Bronze Age barrows, Salthouse Heath (Monument)
Monument Type MNF29857 Bronze Age burnt mound (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10315 Bronze Age cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10318 Bronze Age cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF3945 Bronze Age cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9022 Bronze Age cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10766 Bronze Age cremation burial and site of barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNF50543 Bronze Age cremation cemetery, Iron Age pits and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF3665 Bronze Age cremation from Norwich Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNF13978 Bronze Age cremation urn (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7424 Bronze Age cremation urn (Monument)
Monument Type MNF2409 Bronze Age cremation urns, Luddington's Gravel Pit (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6263 Bronze Age cremation, burnt flints and pottery finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF8113 Bronze Age cremation, Sprowston Cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10279 Bronze Age or Early Saxon cremation urns (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1401 Bronze Age or Iron Age cremation and multi-period finds from Heacham First School (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5649 Bronze Age or Iron Age round barrow and pottery sherds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10985 Bronze Age or Saxon burial urn (Scole, poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF366 Bronze Age ring ditch and unrelated linear features, Sweet Briar Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10311 Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF5144 Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF2301 Bronze Age round barrow and cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6112 Bronze Age round barrow and cremation, known as 'Soldier's Hill' and 'Boadicea's Grave' (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF10309 Bronze Age round barrow cropmark (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF10308 Bronze Age round barrow earthwork (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF16286 Bronze Age round barrow, burial and cremations (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7532 Bronze Age round barrows (Monument)
Monument Type MNF50138 Bronze Age to Roman field systems and pits and Roman cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF3969 Bronze Age, Roman or Early Saxon cremations (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10471 Burgh Castle, or Gariannonum/Gariannum (Monument)
Monument Type MNF8675 Caister on Sea Late Roman 'Saxon Shore' fort and Middle to Late Saxon cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF42450 Complex multi-phase prehistoric and Roman settlement site, Harford Park and Ride (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1286 Cremations at Windyridge, Wodehouse Road, Old Hunstanton (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9585 Cropmarks of Arminghall Bronze Age ring ditches, possible Early Saxon settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MNF2414 Early Anglo Saxon cremation urn (Runcton Holme, Stow Bardolph, poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF4492 Early Bronze Age burials (Monument)
Monument Type MNF55123 Early Iron Age enclosures, pits and cremations and a medieval pit (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5188 Early Iron Age settlement and Beaker period cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF41595 Early Neolithic site and Early Saxon cemetery, Broom Covert (Monument)
Monument Type MNF38591 Early Neolithic site, Iron Age to Roman settlement and Early Saxon settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10132 Early Saxon cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9788 Early Saxon cemetery and Roman kilns (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1529 Early Saxon cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF11203 Early Saxon cremation (Norfolk, poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF23883 Early Saxon cremation and inhumation burials (poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1060 Early Saxon cremation and inhumation cemetery, plus multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6164 Early Saxon cremation and inhumation cemetery, Saxlingham (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1054 Early Saxon cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1611 Early Saxon cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF3781 Early Saxon cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6076 Early Saxon cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10845 Early Saxon cremation cemetery (poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF4100 Early Saxon cremation cemetery (poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9036 Early Saxon cremation cemetery (poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9158 Early Saxon cremation cemetery (Quidenham, poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF3348 Early Saxon cremation cemetery and inhumation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7853 Early Saxon cremation cemetery near Drayton Lodge (poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF2031 Early Saxon cremation found near railway station (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5857 Early Saxon cremation urn (poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF13882 Early Saxon cremation urn from Eaton Farm (Sedgeford, poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF8755 Early Saxon cremation urn from Threxton (Saham Toney, poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6383 Early Saxon cremations and cremation cemetery (poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF19640 Early Saxon cremations and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1125 Early Saxon inhumation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7106 Early Saxon or Bronze Age cremation (Kettlestone, poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF19922 Early Saxon pottery sherds and cremated human bone (poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNW2633 East of Quebec Road, south of Wolfe Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNW582 East of Quebec Road, south of Wolfe Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNF26322 Former execution site, Lollards Pit (Monument)
Monument Type MNW2784 Gas Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5316 Hockwold Roman settlement and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1047 Illington Early Saxon Cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF20409 Inhumation and cremation of unknown date (Monument)
Monument Type MNF42909 Iron Age and Roman settlement, 60 Acre Field (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5940 Iron Age features, Saxon boneworking site and medieval occupation site at Ford Place (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6735 Kettle Hill Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF62325 Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pits and prehistoric ring-ditch with associated Early Saxon burials (Monument)
Monument Type MNF22811 Later Bronze Age cremations (Monument)
Monument Type MNW2251 Lollards Pit (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5026 Man Hill or Dead Man's Hill Bronze Age bowl barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF10654 Medieval pottery sherds and possible cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6920 Middle Bronze Age round barrow and cremations (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1120 Morningthorpe Early Saxon cemetery and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF29198 Multi-period features (Monument)
Monument Type MNF19362 Multi-period finds (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNF9819 Multi-period finds (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNF24254 Multi-period finds and Early Saxon cemetery (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNF38259 Multi-period finds and features, The Gables excavation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF30039 Multi-period finds and possible Early Saxon cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF28498 Multi-period finds, probable Early Saxon inhumation cemetery and a possible Early Saxon cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6899 Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10552 Neolithic axes and possible Iron Age cremation, Middleton Gardens, Gorleston on Sea (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNF50528 Neolithic to Iron Age occupation, Early Saxon inhumation cemetery, Bacton to King's Lynn gas pipeline (Monument)
Monument Type MNF13025 Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age features and a medieval moot at Salter's Lane, Longham (Monument)
Monument Type MNW3187 Oakwood, 17 Stanley Avenue (Monument)
Monument Type MNW3189 Oakwood, 17 Stanley Avenue (Monument)
Monument Type MNF2266 Palaeolithic worked flints and Early Saxon cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF49516 Pensthorpe Early Saxon cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF334 Possible Bronze Age cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7684 Possible Bronze Age cremation finds (Buxton with Lammas, poorly located; Horstead with Stanninghall, poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1668 Possible Bronze Age round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF73040 Possible cremations of unknown date (Monument)
Monument Type MNF41488 Possible Early Saxon cemetery, St Augustine's Gate (Monument)
Monument Type MNF20859 Possible Early Saxon cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10628 Possible Early Saxon cremation cemetery (poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF16841 Possible Early Saxon cremation cemetery and multi-period metal objects (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6013 Possible Iron Age and Bronze Age cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6979 Possible Late Bronze Age cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7023 Possible Late Bronze Age cremation cemetery, Roman kiln and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF506 Possible pre Roman settlement, Gas Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9082 Possible Roman building, possible Early Saxon cemetery and multi-period finds (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNF1021 Possible Roman cemetery or occupation site and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7945 Possible Roman cremation cemetery and medieval settlement and mult-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5139 Possible Roman cremation in Zigzag Covert (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7937 Possible Roman cremations or kiln and other, prehistoric and Roman remains (Monument)
Monument Type MNF4291 Possible Roman or Early Saxon cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF13688 Possible Roman or Early Saxon cremations and a coffin (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6658 Possible site of Early Saxon cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9794 Prehistoric barrow cemetery, Middle-Late Iron Age occupation site, and Saxon inhumation cemetery, Harford Farm (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1038 Prehistoric cremations (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7025 Prehistoric ditch, possible Bronze Age cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF21927 Prehistoric flints, Early Saxon metalwork and medieval pottery sherds (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNF9335 Probable Bronze Age barrow and burial urn (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9336 Probable Bronze Age barrow and burial urn (Monument)
Monument Type MNF12834 Probable Iron Age defended settlement and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF21137 Roman building, Early Saxon cemetery and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10667 Roman burial (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10595 Roman cemetery and kiln (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9288 Roman cemetery and prehistoric finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF3955 Roman ceramic vessels containing cremations, West Acre Vicarage (Monument)
Monument Type MNF8240 Roman cremation (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNF5959 Roman cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9364 Roman cremation (Monument)
Monument Type MNF3949 Roman cremation and Early Saxon pottery sherds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9714 Roman cremation and inhumation from Mangreen Hall Gravel Pit (Monument)
Monument Type MNF21500 Roman cremation and possible coin hoard (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5420 Roman cremation and spindle whorl (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1311 Roman cremation and urn (Monument)
Monument Type MNF550 Roman cremation burials (Monument)
Monument Type MNF8311 Roman cremation cemetery and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF8751 Roman cremation urn (Saham Toney, poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF432 Roman cremation urn from West Norwich Hospital, Bowthorpe Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5681 Roman cremation urn, near St Helen's Well (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6907 Roman cremation urns (Monument)
Monument Type MNF21506 Roman cremation, Roman and medieval pottery sherds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5455 Roman field system, trackways and cremations (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5403 Roman glass vessel and cremation, Schist Fens End (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9791 Roman kiln and inhumation and Early Saxon cemetery, Caistor St Edmund (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6872 Roman metal finds and Early Saxon cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF21090 Roman or Early Saxon cremations (poorly located) (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5160 Roman settlement and World War One Prisoner of War Camp (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5653 Roman town and Early Saxon cemetery, Brettenham and Bridgham (Monument)
Monument Type MNF30650 Romano-celtic temple site, cremation burials, and buildings (Monument)
Monument Type MNW1133 Rye Avenue Cremation Site (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10234 Saxon cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNF55 Saxon cremation urns and multi period pottery sherds, Exchange Street (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNF75858 Shouldham Priory (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7500 Site of a Bronze Age barrow on Buxton Heath (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF3659 Site of Bronze Age barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7478 Site of Bronze Age barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNF9154 Site of Bronze Age barrow and inhumations (Monument)
Monument Type MNF3660 Site of Bronze Age barrow, possible Roman cremation, and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF42544 Site of destroyed Bronze Age or Early Saxon barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6099 Site of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age round barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6740 Site of Nares Hill round barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF9710 Site of probable Bronze Age round barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNF7206 Site of Roman settlement and cemetery, Early Saxon buildings and Middle Saxon metalworking (Monument)
Monument Type MNF11071 Site of Roman settlement and pottery kilns (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5367 Site of Roman temple, Sawbench Wood (Monument)
Monument Type MNF6737 Site of Rowhow Hill Bronze Age bowl barrow (Cropmark and Earthwork)
Monument Type MNF10231 Site of St Clement's chapel (Monument)
Monument Type MNF1012 Spong Hill Early Saxon cemetery and multi-period finds and features (Monument)
Monument Type MNF2828 St Mary the Virgin's Church, East Bilney (Building)
Monument Type MNF11005 St Mary's Church, Diss (Building)
Monument Type MNW3329 Sweet Briar Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNF5853 The 'Thetford Treasure' and Roman temple, Fison Way (Monument)
Monument Type MNF11431 The Bowthorpe Barrow (Monument)
Monument Type MNF10172 The Walls alleged Roman cemetery and multi-period finds (Monument)
Monument Type MNF45911 Undated cremated bone (Find Spot)
Monument Type MNF1007 Villa Faustini, Scole Iron Age, Roman and medieval settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MNF2030 Walsingham Early Saxon cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MNW2718 West Norwich Hospital, Bowthorpe Road (Monument)
Monument Type MNF4697 Woodcock Hall Iron Age to Roman settlement and Roman forts (Monument)