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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
MOORISH PAVILION An often light and airy garden building in the Moorish style used for recreational purposes. Preferred term 92690 -
MOORSTONE A form of granite found in Cornwall Preferred term 83145 -
MOOT An outdoor meeting place. Preferred term 68742 -
MOOT HALL A meeting hall, sometimes equivalent to a GUILDHALL, but also associated with some early mining industries. Preferred term 68743 -
MORAVIAN CHAPEL A place of worship for Protestant followers of Hussite doctrines which accept the Bible as the only source of faith. Preferred term 92691 -
Moravian Church Narrow term 92692 -
Moravian School Narrow term 92693 -
MORAVIAN SETTLEMENT A community of Protestant followers of Hussite doctrines, first founded by Moravian emigrants in Saxony, Germany. Preferred term 68989 -
MORDANT WORKS A chemical works producing mordants for the dying industry. Preferred term 168338 -
Morgue Narrow term 159205 -
MORMON TEMPLE A place of worship for the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Preferred term 144570 -
MORNING ROOM A sitting room or lounge in a house intended mainly for use during the morning. Preferred term 139135 -
MORRISON SHELTER A portable indoor air raid shelter in the form of a steel topped table, often with wire meshing around the sides. Preferred term 160535 -
MORSE A clasp on a cope. Preferred term 97396 -
MORT SAFE An iron frame placed over a coffin or at the entrance to a grave to act as a deterrent against resurrectionists. Preferred term 92694 -
MORTAR (VESSEL) A mixing or grinding vessel. Preferred term 96410 -
MORTAR (WEAPON) A gun designed to fire shells, etc at a high angle. Preferred term 95892 -
MORTAR BOMB A muzzle loaded explosive projectile fired from a mortar. Typically they are short range and low velocity with a high arcing trajectory. Preferred term 163923 -
MORTAR CRATER A depression in the ground caused by the explosion of a mortar shell. Preferred term 151882 -
MORTAR MILL A mill used for the production of mortar; a combination of sand, lime and water, used to make the joints between courses of bricks in buildings. In more recent times cement has replaced lime to create a quicker drying mortar. Preferred term 69065 -
MORTARIUM A Roman mixing vessel with a gritted inner surface. Preferred term 96869 -
MORTICE AND TENON JOINT The most common form of joint between two timbers meeting at right angles or at an oblique angle, the mortice being a socket cut in one timber to receive the tenon projection of the other. Preferred term 137988 -
MORTUARY A building or room used for holding, viewing, identifying or examining dead bodies prior to burial or cremation. Preferred term 70088 -
MORTUARY CHAPEL A place of worship at the site of a mortuary. Preferred term 71462 -
MORTUARY ENCLOSURE A subrectangular earthen enclosure defined by a ditch, usually with an internal bank, assumed to have been used for the primary exposure or burial of human remains in the Neolithic period prior to secondary burial elsewhere. Preferred term 70089 -
MORTUARY HOUSE Timber or stone built structure, traces of which are found within some long and round barrows, in which human remains were interred prior to mound construction. Preferred term 70090 -
MOSAIC A picture or pattern produced by cementing together small pieces of stone or glass of various colours. May be in the form of a floor. Preferred term 70315 -
MOSAIC A floor composed of small cubes (tesserae) of variously coloured materials (eg tile, stone, marble). In the Roman period, mosaics often depict a religious theme or symbol. Preferred term 96290 -
MOSAIC A surface made up of small pieces of hard material such as stone or tile, often in a decorative pattern. Preferred term 137989 -
Mosaic Pavement Narrow term 71088 -

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