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 (10)

Context	Record
Monument Type	MWX3558 Bestwall Quarry Archaeological Project, Field E, Bronze Age cremation cemetery (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO4972 Double Barrow on Barton Hill, Tarrant Hinton (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO6419 Enclosure north east of Knowlton Circles, Woodlands (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO40056 Enclosure or long barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO45693 Iron Age/Romano-British enclosure, Sixpenny Handley (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO40049 Late Prehistoric enclosure or barrow, Knowlton, Woodlands (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO21427 Long Barrow Farm: enclosure, mortuary enclosure (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO6417 North Circle at Knowlton, Woodlands (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO37183 Rectangular enclosure on Bokerley Down, Pentridge (Monument)
Monument Type	MDO6074 Wor Barrow, Sixpenny Handley (Monument)