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Thesaurus Term/Concept: NITRE BED

Identifier 84902
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A large bed surrounded by an earthwork and filled with composing vegetable matter and animal waste. This was used to produce Nitre, a constituent of gunpowder.

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