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<response><meta><generated>2026-04-09T08:28:23+01:00</generated><count>12,437</count><page>288</page><totalPages>415</totalPages><formats><json>https://marinefinds.org.uk/datalabs/terminology/objects/format/json</json><xml>https://marinefinds.org.uk/datalabs/terminology/objects/format/xml</xml><html>https://marinefinds.org.uk/datalabs/terminology/objects</html></formats></meta><objectTerms><objectTerm><id>3271</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>138108</ehID><term>Post And Truss Frame</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote/><claUid>546</claUid><status>N</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>4175</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>68684</ehID><term>POST BOX</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A box in which letters are posted or deposited for dispatch.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>10146</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>119453</ehID><term>POST BUILT STRUCTURE</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A structure indicated by the presence of post holes and of uncertain interpretation.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>3272</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>138109</ehID><term>POST HOLE</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A hole occupied by a timber post or the void remaining after its removal, usually with packing.</scopeNote><claUid>546</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>5378</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>70403</ehID><term>POST HOLE</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A hole dug to provide a firm base for an upright post, often with stone packing. Use broader monument type where known.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>8708</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>92974</ehID><term>Post House</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote/><claUid>1</claUid><status>N</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>5822</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>70997</ehID><term>Post Inn</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote/><claUid>1</claUid><status>N</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>4802</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>69334</ehID><term>POST MILL</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A type of windmill, mainly timber-framed, whose body, containing machinery and carrying the sail, rotates about an upright post.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>10389</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>140158</ehID><term>POST MILL ROUNDHOUSE</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A circular or octagonal building at the base of a post mill to provide storage space and to give protection to the superstructure. The roundhouse is not attached to the mill itself. Some roundhouses were later converted for domestic purposes.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>4176</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>68685</ehID><term>POST OFFICE</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A building, department or shop where postal business is carried on.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>8709</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>92975</ehID><term>Post Office Headquarters</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote/><claUid>1</claUid><status>N</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>8710</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>92976</ehID><term>Post Office Tower</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote/><claUid>1</claUid><status>N</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>3273</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>138110</ehID><term>POST PAD</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A pad on which a post rests to support part of a structure.</scopeNote><claUid>546</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>3274</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>138111</ehID><term>POST PIPE</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>The space occupied by or left where a post has been.</scopeNote><claUid>546</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>3964</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>143416</ehID><term>POST ROOM</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A room where letters and parcels are sorted prior to dispatch</scopeNote><claUid>546</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>10712</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>142964</ehID><term>POST TRENCH</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A construction trench dug to receive a line of posts for a wall, with associated packing.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>8711</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>92977</ehID><term>POSTAL SYSTEM STRUCTURE</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote>Buildings, sites and structures associated with the collection, distribution, sending and reception of mail.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>4387</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>68901</ehID><term>POSTERN</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A small gateway cut through the curtain wall or its flanking towers. Used primarily as an outlet for counter-attacking forces.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>6122</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>71435</ehID><term>Postern Gate</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote/><claUid>1</claUid><status>N</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>9677</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>94085</ehID><term>Postillions House</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote/><claUid>1</claUid><status>N</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>8712</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>92978</ehID><term>Posting House</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote/><claUid>1</claUid><status>N</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>1486</id><uid>102035</uid><bmID/><ehID>96380</ehID><term>POT</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A container, usually round and deep.</scopeNote><claUid>128</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>10831</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>143507</ehID><term>POT ARCH</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>Type of furnace used in the glass industry to pre-heat glass in crucibles, prior to the main melt. This may have been a separtate structure, or may have been part of the main furnace. All periods from the Roman onwards.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>5936</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>71163</ehID><term>Pot Bank</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote/><claUid>1</claUid><status>N</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>1487</id><uid>102036</uid><bmID/><ehID>96800</ehID><term>POT BOILER</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A stone heated in a fire then dropped into a liquid to heat it.</scopeNote><claUid>128</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>1488</id><uid>102037</uid><bmID/><ehID/><term>Pot Lid</term><indexTerm>N</indexTerm><scopeNote/><claUid>128</claUid><status>N</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>12118</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>82858</ehID><term>POTASH</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>Potassium Carbonate obtained from the ashes of burnt plant matter and used as a fertilizer.</scopeNote><claUid>77</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>4637</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>69162</ehID><term>POTASH KILN</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A kiln used for the slow burning of vegetable matter to produce potassium carbonate.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>4638</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>69163</ehID><term>POTASH MINE</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A mine from which potash is obtained. Potash is a deposit of potassium carbonate: the only example of a potash mine in the country is at Boulby in Cleveland.</scopeNote><claUid>1</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm><objectTerm><id>12220</id><uid/><bmID/><ehID>84254</ehID><term>POTASSIUM SILICATE</term><indexTerm>Y</indexTerm><scopeNote>A compound consisting of potassium and silica, used in various processes.</scopeNote><claUid>77</claUid><status>P</status></objectTerm></objectTerms></response>
