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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
Punt Shelter Narrow term 93042 -
PUPPET A small doll controlled by the operators hand either directly or with strings. Preferred term 95472 -
PURIFIER A machine used in a mill to remove bran scales and flour from grits or middlings. Preferred term 71460 -
PURIFIER HOUSE A building, within a gas works, housing a gas purifier. Preferred term 93043 -
Puritan Chapel Narrow term 94186 -
PURLIN A horizontal timber set in the plane of a roof's slope and supporting common rafters. Preferred term 138131 -
PURPLE ORE A sulphide of copper and iron, reddish brown in colour. Preferred term 87172 -
PURSE A small bag or pouch for carrying money, especially coins. Preferred term 96723 -
Purse Bar Narrow term - -
Purse Frame Narrow term - -
Purse Mount If thought to be used for ignition use strike a light. Narrow term - -
Put Log Hole Narrow term 138132 -
PUT ON STONE A stone used to instruct a coachman to take an extra trace horse to assist on roads of a steep gradient. Preferred term 93044 -
PUTLOG HOLE A hole in a wall in which cross timbers, known as putlogs, were placed to allow scaffolding to be erected. Putlog holes are often left unfilled and are often the only evidence for the use of scaffolding. Preferred term 138954 -
PUTTING GREEN An open area of prepared ground used for practising putting with golf clubs. Preferred term 143490 -
PUTTY MILL A factory where putty, used as a means of securing windows and for setting plumbing fixtures, is produced from a combination of whiting and oil. Preferred term 93045 -
PUZZLE A toy designed to exercise the ingenuity. Preferred term 95637 -
Pye Kiln Narrow term 78192 -
PYGMY CUP An accessory vessel to a cremation. Preferred term 100070 -
Pylon Narrow term 69372 -
Pyre Site Narrow term 142073 -
PYRITES Traditionally a mineral that could be used for striking fire but now a term commonly used to refer to various sulphides, especially iron disulphide. Preferred term 84302 -
PYROTECHNIC STORE (2647/37) A protected building used for the storage of explosives and other pyrotechnic equipment and designed to Air Ministry drawing number 2647/37. Preferred term 160405 -
Pyrotechnics Store Narrow term 94376 -
PYX A container in which the Sacrament is carried. Preferred term 95979 -
Q SHIP A small merchant ship or warship with concealed weapons, intended as a trap for enemy submarines. Preferred term - -
Q SITE A decoy site designed to simulate the flarepath lighting of permanent RAF stations, to lure attacking night bombers away from legitimate targets. Preferred term 104073 -
Q SITE SHELTER (3395/40) An operations room, built to drawing number 3395/40, to control the lighting arrays of the 'T' type of bombing decoy in use during the Second World War. It was semi-sunken for added protection and then covered in earth Preferred term 160289 -
Q SITE SHELTER (367/41) An operations room, built to drawing number 367/41, to control the lighting arrays of the DREM type of bombing decoy in use during the Second World War. Unlike earlier designs it was surface built and then covered in earth to protect against flooding. Preferred term 160290 -
QF SITE A decoy fire positioned close to a legitimate target which would be lit in the event of an incendiary attack in the hope that subsequent bombs would be drawn to the area of the decoy. Preferred term 160291 -

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