Accessibility

Font Size

100% 150% 200%

Background Colour

Default Contrast
Close Reset

Pricing Change

New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered. 

 

TOMB

Back to search

A grave or sepulchre including a monument. Use specific term where known.

Classifications

Related Terms

Term Note
CENOTAPH A sepulchral monument erected to commemorate a person or persons buried elsewhere.
CHAMBERED CAIRN A Neolithic burial monument comprising a stone-built chamber within a mound of stones.
CHAMBERED TOMB A Neolithic burial monument comprising a stone-built chamber within a mound of earth or stone. Use more specific term where known.
CHURCHYARD An area of ground belonging to a church, often used as a burial ground.
COMMEMORATIVE CAIRN A cairn erected to commemorate an event or person.
GRAVE A place of burial.
MAUSOLEUM A monumental burial place, usually for a single person or a family.
WAR MEMORIAL A structure, building or site commemorating members of the armed forces and civilians killed in war.

Heritagedata.org: Linked Data resource