Thesaurus Term/Concept: WALLED CEMETERY

Identifier 100531
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A high status, walled, Roman burial ground containing cremations and/or inhumations in mausolea, tombs, barrows, coffins or cists. Dating from the late 1st to the 4th Century AD. DO NOT USE for cemeteries of later dates which are walled.

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Context Record
Monument Type MCC1897 Roman walled cemetery at the Royal Grammar School, Lexden Road, Colchester (Monument)