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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
APPLIED COLUMN	An engaged column, that is one attached to a wall.	Preferred term	137333	-
APPLIED ORDER	A classical order in which the columns or pilasters are applied to a wall.	Preferred term	137334	-
APPRENTICE HOUSE	A lodging house for apprentices learning a trade or profession. This accommodation was often provided in lieu of wages.	Preferred term	71826	-
APPROACH ROAD	A road, sometimes raised as a causeway, which serves as an approach road to a building or bridge.	Preferred term	91059	-
Approved School		Narrow term	91060	-
APRON	A protective outer garment.	Preferred term	96614	-
APRON	A shaped or decorated raised panel below the sill of a window or a niche.	Preferred term	137335	-
APRON FITTING	A specialised fitting for Roman armour. For a part of a garment use APRON.	Preferred term	97529	-
APSE	A polygonal or semicircular recess projecting from an external wall, often with a rounded vault.	Preferred term	137336	-
APSE CHAPEL	A chapel that radiates from an apsidal end of a cathedral or church.	Preferred term	137337	-
APSIDIOLE	A small apse.	Preferred term	137338	-
AQUA THRUSTER PUMP	A type of water pump used in the Wigan coalfields in the late 18th and 19th centuries.	Preferred term	137339	-
Aquaduct		Narrow term	91061	-
AQUAMANILE	Used for holding water and washing hands, usually in the shape of an animal.	Preferred term	96753	-
AQUARIUM	A zoo building containing artificial ponds or tanks in which aquatic plants and animals are kept alive for purposes of observation and study.	Preferred term	78174	-
AQUEDUCT	An artificial water channel for carrying water over long distances. Use also for bridge-like structures that carry the channel or canal across a valley, river or other obstacle.	Preferred term	70432	-
Aqueduct Bridge		Narrow term	91062	-
ARABESQUE	A style of decorative design consisting of intertwined, geommetrical patterns of leaves, branches, tendrils etc. Often defined as being devoid of human or animal figures.	Preferred term	137340	-
Araucaria House		Narrow term	91063	-
ARBORETUM	A place devoted to the cultivation and exhibition of rare trees.	Preferred term	78872	-
Arboretum Rooms		Narrow term	91064	-
ARBOUR	A lattice work bower or shady retreat covered with climbing plants.	Preferred term	84015	-
ARCADE	A series of arches.	Preferred term	137341	-
ARCADE PLATE	A timber running above vertical posts, in the place of a wall-plate, within a timber-framed building.	Preferred term	137342	-
ARCH	The spanning of an opening without the use of a lintel.	Preferred term	96001	-
ARCH	A curved construction, spanning an opening, formed from wedge-shaped blocks supported by mutual pressure; they can also be formed from moulded concrete and cast metal.	Preferred term	137343	-
ARCH	A structure over an opening usually formed of wedge-shaped blocks of brick or stone held together by mutual pressure and supported at the sides; they can also be formed from moulded concrete/ cast metal. A component; use for free-standing structure only.	Preferred term	70309	-
ARCH BAND	The part of a rib or arch visible below the general surface of the vault.	Preferred term	137344	-
ARCH BRACE	A curving, upright timber brace used in roof construction, found in pairs, forming an arch.	Preferred term	137345	-
ARCH BRICK	A wedge shaped brick used to construct arches.	Preferred term	137346	-