The Scheme's logo

Object types that the Scheme uses

These terms are from the FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus (Forum on Information Standards in Heritage - FISH).

Term Scope note Term type SENESCHAL URI Other URI
Craft Chapel Narrow term 91657 -
CRAFT INDUSTRY SITE Site of small scale industrial production often involving hand work and craft skills. Preferred term 91658 -
Cramp Narrow term - -
CRAMPON A spiked, iron plate fixed to a boot for climbing on ice. Preferred term 96575 -
CRANE A machine used for lifting materials. Preferred term 137632 -
CRANE A large, metal or wooden structure, used for raising, lowering and moving heavy objects. Use more specific type where known. Preferred term 70227 -
CRANE BARGE A shallow draft vessel used to carry a crane. Preferred term - -
CRANE HOUSE A component part of a treadmill crane, the shed is used to enclose the treadwheel. Preferred term 91661 -
CRANEWHEEL A tread-wheel by which a crane was formerly worked. Preferred term 91662 -
CRANNOG An island, partly or wholly artificial, built up by dumping timber, earth and stones onto a lake or river bed. Often revetted with timber piles or palisade. Preferred term 68944 -
CRATEMAKERS SHOP Workshop for producing crates, particularly for the packing of pottery. Preferred term 91663 -
CRATES Wooden boxes or cases for carrying fruit and other similar goods. Preferred term 140469 -
CRAYER Preferred term - -
CRAZING MILL Mill for fine grinding of tin ore between millstones. Preferred term 69256 -
CREAMER A decorative container for serving cream. Preferred term 100066 -
Creamery Narrow term 91664 -
CREASER A flat edged blade used in leatherworking Preferred term 96999 -
CRECHE A nursery for infants, where they are taken care of while their mothers are at work. Preferred term 91665 -
CREDENCE In churches a niche, or shelf, within or beside a piscina, or a table for the sacramental elements and vessels. (Source: Pevsner Glossary) Preferred term 159188 -
Cree Narrow term 163015 -
CREEL A wickerwork basket for holding fish or catching lobsters. Preferred term 96849 -
CREEP A small opening built into a stone wall or hedge to allow small animals through. Preferred term 146431 -
Creeper Narrow term 164125 -
CREMATION The burnt remains of a corpse. Preferred term 97661 -
CREMATION A funeral rite in which the human body is burnt, usually on a pyre, leaving fragmentary charred or completely combusted remains. Often found buried, occasionally in a container associated with grave goods. Preferred term 70028 -
CREMATION BURIAL The site of the formal burial of cremated bone, sometimes 'urned' in a vessel or casket of glass, wood or, more commonly, ceramic. Preferred term 142070 -
CREMATION CEMETERY A cemetery comprising exclusively cremated human remains, some or all of which may be contained within pottery vessels. Preferred term 70056 -
CREMATION GRAVE An intrusive feature cut for the purpose of containing a cremation burial within it. Preferred term 142071 -
CREMATION PIT A pit over which a corpse has been cremated on a pyre into which the remains and debris, and sometime grave goods, collapse and are buried. Generally confined to the Roman period. Preferred term 70040 -
CREMATORIUM A building or site where bodies are burnt, and the ashes collected for burial or dispersal. Preferred term 70078 -

3241 - 3270 of 12,437 records.

Other formats: this page is available as xml json representations.