2026-04-09T09:29:55+01:0012,437246415https://marinefinds.org.uk/datalabs/terminology/objects/format/jsonhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/datalabs/terminology/objects/format/xmlhttps://marinefinds.org.uk/datalabs/terminology/objects843692690MOORISH PAVILIONYAn often light and airy garden building in the Moorish style used for recreational purposes.1P1215483145MOORSTONEYA form of granite found in Cornwall77P423268742MOOTYAn outdoor meeting place.1P423368743MOOT HALLYA meeting hall, sometimes equivalent to a GUILDHALL, but also associated with some early mining industries.1P843792691MORAVIAN CHAPELYA place of worship for Protestant followers of Hussite doctrines which accept the Bible as the only source of faith.1P843892692Moravian ChurchN1N843992693Moravian SchoolN1N447368989MORAVIAN SETTLEMENTYA community of Protestant followers of Hussite doctrines, first founded by Moravian emigrants in Saxony, Germany.1P11811168338MORDANT WORKSYA chemical works producing mordants for the dying industry.1P11132159205MorgueN1N10905144570MORMON TEMPLEYA place of worship for the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints1P3764139135MORNING ROOMYA sitting room or lounge in a house intended mainly for use during the morning.546P11449160535MORRISON SHELTERYA portable indoor air raid shelter in the form of a steel topped table, often with wire meshing around the sides.1P126610181597396MORSEYA clasp on a cope.128P844092694MORT SAFEYAn iron frame placed over a coffin or at the entrance to a grave to act as a deterrent against resurrectionists.1P126710181696410MORTAR (VESSEL)YA mixing or grinding vessel.128P126810181795892MORTAR (WEAPON)YA gun designed to fire shells, etc at a high angle.128P12438163923MORTAR BOMBYA muzzle loaded explosive projectile fired from a mortar. Typically they are short range and low velocity with a high arcing trajectory.128P11071151882MORTAR CRATERYA depression in the ground caused by the explosion of a mortar shell.1P454669065MORTAR MILLYA 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.1P126910181896869MORTARIUMYA Roman mixing vessel with a gritted inner surface.128P3154137988MORTICE AND TENON JOINTYThe 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.546P508870088MORTUARYYA building or room used for holding, viewing, identifying or examining dead bodies prior to burial or cremation.1P614371462MORTUARY CHAPELYA place of worship at the site of a mortuary.1P508970089MORTUARY ENCLOSUREYA 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.1P509070090MORTUARY HOUSEYTimber 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.1P530170315MOSAICYA picture or pattern produced by cementing together small pieces of stone or glass of various colours. May be in the form of a floor.1P127010181996290MOSAICYA 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.128P3155137989MOSAICYA surface made up of small pieces of hard material such as stone or tile, often in a decorative pattern.546P588871088Mosaic PavementN1N