Thesaurus Term/Concept: CHARNEL PIT

Identifier	70690
Class	MONUMENT TYPE
Status	Preferred
Index?	Yes
Scope Note	A pit used for the re-burial of disarticulated human remains from many individuals, occasionally displaying sorting of remains, eg. grouping of skulls or long bones. Distinct from mass burials which contain articulated skeletal remains.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MNW3274 132 Magdalen Street (Monument)
Monument Type	MNF148 132 Magdalen Street (Site of St Margaret in Combusto churchyard) (Monument)
Monument Type	MNF78505 Medieval or later burials and other, undated and medieval to post-medieval remains within churchyard of St Wandregesilius' Church (Monument)
Monument Type	MNF62829 Possible charnel pit and disarticulated human bone within churchyard of St Peter and Paul's Church (Monument)
Monument Type	MNF5756 Prehistoric pits, Iron Age settlement, Saxon town area, and medieval industrial activity (Monument)
Monument Type	MNF7402 St Michael's and All Angels' church, Aylsham (Building)
Monument Type	MNF849 Undated but presumably medieval to post-medieval human remains and building materials, St Andrew's Street/Bridewell Alley (Monument)