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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
RECEPTION HOUSE A building, usually associated with, or found within the grounds of, a cemetery and used for the storage of coffins prior to burial. Reception houses were introduced as a result of concerns around the implcations for public health of C19 burial practices. Preferred term 170019 -
RECEPTION ROOM A room in a house, hotel, business premises etc. where guests or visitors are received. Preferred term 139139 -
Recital Room Narrow term 93102 -
RECORD OFFICE A building where official archives are kept for public inspection. Preferred term 93103 -
Recorder Narrow term - -
RECORDING STUDIO A room or building used for the making of films, television or radio programmes and musical recordings (CDs, LPs, etc). Preferred term 93104 -
RECREATION CENTRE A site available to the public for the pursuit of leisure and recreational activities. Preferred term 93886 -
RECREATION GROUND A public ground with facilities for games and other activities. Preferred term 69953 -
RECREATION HUT A hut, usually built as part of a complex on a military base or airfield and used for the recreation of military personnel. Preferred term 167318 -
RECREATION ROOM A room intended for the pursuit of recreational activities. Preferred term 138160 -
RECREATIONAL Sites, buildings, structures, features & areas of land associated with sport, leisure & entertainment. Includes sports grounds, hunting forests, cinemas, theatres etc. Preferred term 70551 -
RECREATIONAL HALL A hall built as part of a complex and used for the recreation of the workers or inhabitants. Usually associated with model estates, factories, flats etc. Preferred term 93105 -
RECRUITING STATION A building where civilians are enlisted to join the military forces. Preferred term 93106 -
RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE A rectangular shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. Preferred term 70366 -
RECTANGULAR PLAN A plan in which a four-sided figure has all its angles at right angles and its opposite sides equal and parallel. Preferred term 138161 -
RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE A monument consisting of an area of land enclosed by a ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier, where the barrier consists of several straight or near straight sections. Preferred term 70364 -
Rectory Narrow term 68941 -
Rectory Pele Narrow term 93107 -
RECUMBENT STONE A stone or boulder which lies lengthways on the ground and may be used as a table, altar etc. Use only for isolated stones. Preferred term 70118 -
RECUMBENT STONE CIRCLE A stone circle featuring a stone which lies lengthways between two of the upright standing stones. Preferred term 70193 -
RECYCLING CENTRE A central point for the deposit, collection and recycling of waste materials. Preferred term 145058 -
Red Cross Hostel Narrow term 140771 -
RED HILL Iron Age or Roman coastal site producing salt by boiling of seawater in fired clay pans, resulting in characteristic mounds of 'BRIQUETAGE' (see Archaeological Objects Thesaurus). Preferred term 71202 -
Redan Narrow term 93108 -
REDOUBT A defence work, either a detached fieldwork or an outwork built as part of a fortification as a last defensive position. Preferred term 140299 -
REED AND HEALD WORKS An establishment used for the manufacture of reeds and healds, which are components of a textile loom with related functions, in that they move and control the threads, and similar wire-based construction. Preferred term 143390 -
REED BLOWN WIND INSTRUMENT An instrument in which air is made to vibrate by a cane reed, which may be single or double, and may or may not be contained in a reed cap. Preferred term 97178 -
Reed Cap Narrow term - -
REED PIPE An instrument in which air is made to vibrate by a cane reed. Preferred term 95524 -
REEL DRYING STOVE A structure or building used in the manufacture of the explosive cordite. After the cordite had been pressed to extract moisture it was placed on racks within the stove prior to being taken to the reeling house for winding. Preferred term 94173 -

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