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 (54)

Context Record
Monument Type MHG39275 Acharn (Monument)
Monument Type MHG41697 Achnacloich (Monument)
Monument Type MHG12354 Achuvoldrach Burn (Monument)
Monument Type MHG3254 Allanfearn (Monument)
Monument Type MHG8555 BA Burials w finds, North Sutor (Monument)
Monument Type MHG42151 BA Cist, Craigscorrie (Monument)
Monument Type MHG12211 BA Settlement (Excavated) Allt Na Fearna Beag (Monument)
Monument Type MHG7513 Burial Cist, 160m W of Corbet Castle (Monument)
Monument Type MHG8625 Burial cists, Dalnaclach (Monument)
Monument Type MHG13454 Burial Graves (Monument)
Monument Type MHG41699 Callachy Hill Cairn (Monument)
Monument Type MHG45027 Carn Glas (Monument)
Monument Type MHG8629 Cemetery, Cist w finds etc, Scotsburn House (Monument)
Monument Type MHG45278 Chambered Cairn, Embo (Monument)
Monument Type MHG9702 Chambered Cairn, Melvich (Monument)
Monument Type MHG8483 Chapel Hill, Portmahomack (Monument)
Monument Type MHG7059 Cinerary Urn, Auldearn (Monument)
Monument Type MHG41695 Cist w cremation etc, Greystones (Monument)
Monument Type MHG7838 Cist w Finds & burial, Inverlael (Monument)
Monument Type MHG41698 Cist w finds, Ardvannie (Monument)
Monument Type MHG41696 Cist w Finds, Bylbster (Monument)
Monument Type MHG8734 Cist w finds, Flowerburn (Monument)
Monument Type MHG13292 Cist w Finds, Muie (Monument)
Monument Type MHG42147 Cist w finds, Uaigh Gillechunne (Monument)
Monument Type MHG42144 Cist, w Urn etc Bylbster (Monument)
Monument Type MHG8195 Cist, Wester Cullicudden (Monument)
Monument Type MHG11702 Cist; Rearquhar (Monument)
Monument Type MHG8024 Cists and cremations, making road through moss, Stittenham (Monument)
Monument Type MHG42086 Cists w burials, Muirton Mains (Monument)
Monument Type MHG40199 Cists w finds, Torran Dubh (Monument)
Monument Type MHG8304 Cists, Heights of Achterneed (Monument)
Monument Type MHG2508 Cists, Wild Cats Hill (Monument)
Monument Type MHG10827 Cremation burials, Kilcalmkill (Monument)
Monument Type MHG5157 Cremation urn w finds, ministers house, Kilbride (Monument)
Monument Type MHG39399 Cremation, Allt A' Bhurg (Monument)
Monument Type MHG39799 Cremation, Glengolly (Monument)
Monument Type MHG8816 Cromarty Castle, cists (Monument)
Monument Type MHG3785 Druidtemple 1 (Monument)
Monument Type MHG9585 Dunrobin Park, Cremation w finds (Monument)
Monument Type MHG11599 EBA Hoard, Uppat (Monument)
Monument Type MHG2022 Enclosure, BA Hearth & finds, Skitten, Caithness (Monument)
Monument Type MHG14566 Glenmorangie (Monument)
Monument Type MHG20135 Kerbed ritual enclosure and later cairn, Achinduich (Monument)
Monument Type MHG45028 Kilcoy South Cairn (Monument)
Monument Type MHG2837 Lochside (Monument)
Monument Type MHG17499 Possible Cremation, The House of Rosskeen (Monument)
Monument Type MHG54242 Possible prehistoric settlement - Lochloy, Nairn (Monument)
Monument Type MHG40182 Possible Structure, Allanfearn (Monument)
Monument Type MHG14370 Sanna Bay (Monument)
Monument Type MHG33383 Scorcher's Gully, Lower Tomvaich Wood (Monument)
Monument Type MHG45033 Snizort (Monument)
Monument Type MHG45835 Stoneyfield (Monument)
Monument Type MHG11788 Tortoise Brooch, urn; Ospisdale House (Monument)
Monument Type MHG5284 Urn w poss cremation, Kirkton (Monument)