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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
Treadwheel Crane Narrow term 139045 -
TREASURERS HOUSE A house provided for the treasurer of a cathedral, palace or similar. Preferred term 93633 -
Treasurers Office Narrow term 93634 -
TREASURY A free-standing building or a room used as a storage place for valuable objects. Preferred term 93635 -
Treasury Office Narrow term 93636 -
TREE AVENUE A straight road lined with trees along either side, also straight lines of trees found in parkland usually leading to a landscape feature. Preferred term 69043 -
TREE BELT An alignment of trees planted as part of a designed landscape. For a belt lining a road use TREE AVENUE. Preferred term 139025 -
TREE CATHEDRAL Trees, hedges and shrubs planted in the form of a medieval cathedral sometimes used as a memorial. Preferred term 170006 -
Tree Circle Narrow term 71314 -
TREE CLUMP A group of trees planted as part of a designed landscape. Preferred term 139026 -
TREE ENCLOSURE RING A circular bank in which trees have been planted for ornamental purposes or to create an enclosure. May exist purely as a bank which has been formed over the stumps of the trees which had been planted to form the enclosure. Preferred term 69044 -
TREE HOUSE Ornamental garden building constructed within the branches of trees. Preferred term 93637 -
TREE MOUND An earthen mound, usually within an ornamental garden, on which a tree was planted. Preferred term 69045 -
TREE RING Trees planted in an ornamental circle. For earthwork surrounding trees use TREE ENCLOSURE RING. Preferred term 69046 -
Tree Ring Enclosure Narrow term 71315 -
TREE THROW A bowl-shaped cavity or depression created in the subsoil by the long term presence and growth of tree roots or when a large tree is blown over or has its stump pulled out. Preferred term 146432 -
TREE TRUNK COFFIN A prehistoric coffin made out of a hollow tree trunk. Preferred term 70076 -
TREFOIL PLAN A plan featuring three foils or lobes radiating outwards from a central point. Preferred term 138361 -
TREFOIL WINDOW A window in the form of a three-leafed clover. Preferred term 138362 -
TRELLIS A framework used as a support upon which fruit-trees or climbing plants are trained. Preferred term 93639 -
TRENAIL A wooden cylinder or dowel used for pinning planks or timbers together. Preferred term 96317 -
TRENCH An excavation used as a means of concealment, protection or both. Preferred term 68917 -
TRENCHED PURLIN A purlin that sits in a trench cut in the back of a principal rafter. Preferred term 138363 -
TRENCHER A shallow dish or plate used to serve main meals off or to serve sweetmeats, these usually being painted with devices and riddles. Preferred term 97429 -
Trenching Tool Narrow term - -
TRI RADIAL CAIRN Starshaped cairn with three radial arms of equal length, a monument unique to upland Northumberland. (Late Neolithic or early Bronze Age). Preferred term 139426 -
TRIAL LEVEL Vertical or horizontal levels driven into a hill slope to assess the viability of mineral resources but never fully exploited. Preferred term 152319 -
TRIAL PIECE Piece of work to test eventual pattern, sometimes small and used as a demonstration of crafter's skill. Preferred term 97069 -
TRIANGLE A triangle of metal which, when struck, produces a note. Preferred term 95514 -
TRIANGULATION PILLAR A purpose-built triangulation pillar used for the metrical survey of Britain carried out by the Ordnance Survey. Preferred term 93640 -

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