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 (7)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MLI50242 Long Barrow, Nimbleton Plantation, Stainton le Vale (Monument)
Monument Type	MLI51706 Neolithic long barrow 300m north west of Lake Farm (Monument)
Monument Type	MLI52459 Neolithic Long Barrow, Thorganby (Monument)
Monument Type	MLI43185 Neolithic long barrow/mortuary enclosure north-east of Cold Harbour Farm (Monument)
Monument Type	MLI50233 Neolithic Mortuary Enclosure, Otby Top, Walesby (Monument)
Monument Type	MLI43690 PROBABLE NEOLITHIC MORTUARY ENCLOSURE - LONG BARROW (Monument)
Monument Type	MLI86358 Romano-British burials within a possible mortuary enclosure, west of Ermine Street, Navenby (Monument)