Charnel

The funeral director placed the ashes in a small charnel and handed it to the family.

The city's once-bustling downtown area now resembled a charnel of boarded-up storefronts and abandoned buildings.

The old library, with its moldy books and mildewed carpets, had become a charnel of forgotten knowledge.

The damp and moldy basement had a charnel smell.

The abandoned factory had a charnel sense of decay.