MONUMENTS PROTECTION PROGRAMME

MONUMENT CLASS DESCRIPTION

LONG MORTUARY ENCLOSURES

AUGUST 1988

1 Definition 2 Date 3 General Description 4 Distribution and regional variation
5 Rarity 6 Survival and Potential 7 Associations 8 Characterisation criteria
12 Bibliography 13 Acknowledgements 14 Figures


LONG MORTUARY ENCLOSURES

Alternative, colloquial and related terms: Cigar-shaped enclosure; Cursus-type enclosure; Elongated oval enclosure; Enclosure, cigar-shaped; Enclosure, cursus-type; Enclosure, elongated oval; Enclosure, Frankfurter-shaped; Enclosure, mortuary; Enclosure, sausage-shaped; Frankfurter-shaped enclosure; Mortuary enclosure; Oblong ditch; Sausage-shaped enclosure

Ordnance Survey map term: - not normally published in antiquity type

RCHME Thesaurus Monument Type : Mortuary Enclosure.