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)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (1)

Instances/Examples (64)

Context Record
Monument Type MLI43573 ANGLO SAXON CEMETERY, HALL HILL (Monument)
Monument Type MLI33387 ANGLO SAXON CREMATION CEMETERY, BASTON (Monument)
Monument Type MLI41162 Anglo-Saxon burial ground northwest of Louth (Monument)
Monument Type MLI125525 Anglo-Saxon Cremation Burial, 7 Langworthgate, Lincoln (Monument)
Monument Type MLI53804 ANGLO-SAXON METALWORK (Monument)
Monument Type MLI20308 Barrow Cemetery, Deeping St Nicholas (Monument)
Monument Type MLI92022 Bronze Age activity, Freeman Land, Langtoft (Monument)
Monument Type MLI30525 Bronze Age Burials, Little Gonerby (Monument)
Monument Type MLI89688 Bronze Age cremation cemetery, Wharncliffe Farm, Ruskington (Monument)
Monument Type MLI80604 Bronze Age cremation, south of Chapel Lane (Monument)
Monument Type MLI82506 Bronze Age Cremations, Blankney (Monument)
Monument Type MLI98175 Bronze Age Urnfield, Old Somerby (Monument)
Monument Type MLI30257 BUCKET URN CEMETERY, FRIESTON (Monument)
Monument Type MLI22492 Cist with Urn Cremation, Donington (Monument)
Monument Type MLI82434 Cremation burial found on land near Mareham Lane, near Sleaford. (Monument)
Monument Type MLI53394 Cremation with Roman Jar, Faldingworth (Monument)
Monument Type MLI22003 DITCHED MOUND - STEAM MILL LOT, CROWLAND (Monument)
Monument Type MLI86368 Early Anglo-Saxon cemetery site on land west of South Cliff Farm, South Carlton (Monument)
Monument Type MLI82448 Grey Lees Anglo-Saxon Cemetery off Grantham Road. (Monument)
Monument Type MLI32927 Hoe Hills Barrow Cemetery, Dowsby (Monument)
Monument Type MLI30528 IRON AGE CINERARY URNS, BELTON LANE (Monument)
Monument Type MLI82455 Iron Age Features, South Rauceby (Monument)
Monument Type MLI42200 Iron Age urns found at the Vicarage, Horncastle (Monument)
Monument Type MLI30524 LATE BRONZE AGE BUCKET AND BARREL URN CEMETERY, BELTON LANE (Monument)
Monument Type MLI89674 Late Bronze Age cremation cemetery, Dorrington (Monument)
Monument Type MLI89686 Late Bronze Age cremation on land in Dorrington Fen, Dorrington (Monument)
Monument Type MLI33379 Late Bronze Age or Iron Age to Roman features, Mill Field, Market Deeping (Monument)
Monument Type MLI82460 Late Iron Age site on land south of Heath Lane, Normanton (Monument)
Monument Type MLI92157 Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age activity, West Deeping (Monument)
Monument Type MLI87671 Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age Barrow on land east of Rauceby Drove, South Rauceby (Monument)
Monument Type MLI70141 Lower west gate, city defences and settlement evidence, The Park (Monument)
Monument Type MLI87664 Middle Bronze Age cremation cemetery on land at Grey Lees, Quarrington (Monument)
Monument Type MLI30161 Middle Bronze Urnfield, Long Benington (Monument)
Monument Type MLI50448 MULTI-PERIOD PREHISTORIC SITE AT SANDBRAES (Monument)
Monument Type MLI89329 Pagan Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Lincoln Road, Ruskington (Monument)
Monument Type MLI82444 Pagan Anglo-Saxon Inhumation Cemetery, Sleaford (Monument)
Monument Type MLI34182 Ponton Heath Barrow Cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type MLI86755 Possible barrow site, Wilmore Hill, Scopwick (Monument)
Monument Type MLI30122 Possible cropmark Iron Age settlement, north-east of Barrowby Lodge (Monument)
Monument Type MLI87726 Possible Middle Bronze Age cremation cemetery, Doddington Littlegate (Monument)
Monument Type MLI60646 Possible Neolithic cremation burial and other finds on land at Town Road, Quarrington (Monument)
Monument Type MLI86357 Possible Romano-British cemetery remains to the south of Chapel Lane, Navenby (Monument)
Monument Type MLI30344 PREHISTORIC ARTEFACTS, NEWTON SANDPIT, SUDBROOK (Monument)
Monument Type MLI81199 Prehistoric cremation burial and waste flint scatter, Hall Road (Monument)
Monument Type MLI89760 Roman cemetery at The Hoplands (Monument)
Monument Type MLI70149 Roman Cemetery, Monks Road/Lindum Road, Lincoln (Monument)
Monument Type MLI91799 Roman cremation burial found at Kesteven and Sleaford High School (Monument)
Monument Type MLI91068 Roman cremation burial, St Catherines, Lincoln (Monument)
Monument Type MLI42734 Roman Cremation burials, The Wong, Horncastle (Monument)
Monument Type MLI60891 Roman farmstead and burial ground, Boston Road, Kirkby le Thorpe (Monument)
Monument Type MLI97519 Roman occupation, former Army Cadet Force HQ, Lincoln (Monument)
Monument Type MLI82564 Romano-British aisled building and associated features, Kirkby la Thorpe (Monument)
Monument Type MLI30327 Romano-British Cemetery, Ancaster (Monument)
Monument Type MLI83959 Romano-British Cemetery, Monson Street, Lincoln (Monument)
Monument Type MLI80830 Romano-British Cemetery, off Grantham Road, Bracebridge Heath (Monument)
Monument Type MLI34155 Romano-British Cremation, Bourne (Monument)
Monument Type MLI81154 Romano-British settlement site, Meadow Lane, North Hykeham (Monument)
Monument Type MLI33968 Romano-British Settlement, Saltersford (Monument)
Monument Type MLI85295 Romano-British, urned cremation burial, adjacent to No. 106 Newland Street West, Lincoln (Find Spot)
Monument Type MLI42572 ROUND BARROW AT GRANGE FARM, SALMONBY (Monument)
Monument Type MLI34162 Round Barrow, Sapperton (Monument)
Monument Type MLI40816 Triple Ring Ditch Barrow and Possible Henge, West Ashby (Monument)
Monument Type MLI80606 Undated cremation burials, south of Chapel Lane (Monument)
Monument Type MLI91499 Unlocated Roman finds from South Common, Lincoln (Monument)