The graves were small oval or rectangular pits dug in the sand.

They will be filled before sundown, and new pits dug.

I found a great mound of stones and earth, and a huge pit dug in the ground where we'd buried the remaining skin.

"We don't need any more pits dug in the roads."

There were drilling rigs, and several large pits dug into the ice.

A pit dug into the top displayed rubble and possible vaulting.

The pits dug for the sleepers and the foundations should still show.

So did the open pits dug for our excretory functions.

Upper class citizens would have hay lined pits dug beneath their homes and bring snow down from the mountains to fill them.

Barrels were heated in huge pits dug on shore and she'd been helping with the task of melting pitch.