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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
Book Makers		Narrow term	91236	-
Book Mount		Narrow term	-	-
BOOKING OFFICE	An establishment where tickets/reservations for events, journeys or entrance to a site can be purchased.	Preferred term	71365	-
BOOKS	Documents written on sheets of paper or similar, collected together and bound between protective covers.	Preferred term	83133	-
Bookshop		Narrow term	71733	-
BOOM	A barrier, usually of wood or chain, stretched across the entrance to a harbour, port or anchorage, to control entry and/or limit the effect of the weather on the wave action.	Preferred term	118873	-
Boom Defence		Narrow term	119074	-
BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL	A vessel for maintaining the buoys, hawsers and netting of a boom defence.	Preferred term	-	-
BOOM TOWER	A tower at the mouth of the harbour to defend the end of the harbour boom.	Preferred term	91237	-
BOOT	Type of footwear which covers a minimum of the foot and ankle.	Preferred term	96566	-
Boot And Shoe Factory		Narrow term	91238	-
BOOT SCRAPER	A device, usually cast iron and often decorative in design, placed upon, embedded in or built into a doostep facilitating the removal of mud, dirt, manure etc. from footwear before entering a building.	Preferred term	140406	-
BOOT SCRAPER	A small metal bar for the cleaning of dirty footwear before entering a house, etc.	Preferred term	91239	-
BOOT STUD	A metal reinforcer worn on the sole or heel of a boot.	Preferred term	96573	-
BORDER	A strip of ground forming a fringe to a garden. Use more specific type where known.	Preferred term	91240	-
BORER	A flint tool for piercing holes.	Preferred term	96485	-
BORING MILL	A building containing a machine tool for boring out large cylindrical holes in items such as steam engine cylinders, pump barrels, etc.	Preferred term	94124	-
Borough Hall		Narrow term	91241	-
Borough Library		Narrow term	91242	-
Borough Stone		Narrow term	70592	-
BORSTAL	An institution for the imprisonment and training of 16-21 year olds first established officially in 1908. Replaced by Youth Custody Centres in 1982.	Preferred term	91243	-
BOSQUET	An ornamental grove, thicket or shrubbery pierced by walks.	Preferred term	91245	-
BOSS	A carved, convex block, often richly decorated, at the intersections of vault-ribs, beam-junctions or terminations of mouldings.	Preferred term	137469	-
BOTANIC GARDEN	A garden designed to provide living material for the study of botany and horticulture.	Preferred term	91246	-
Botanic Gardens		Narrow term	91247	-
Botanical Gardens		Narrow term	91248	-
Botanical House		Narrow term	91249	-
Bothie		Narrow term	91250	-
BOTHY	Small building in which labourers, such as miners and tin workers. They are also associated with gardens where they provide on-site accommodation for gardeners and estate workers.	Preferred term	68924	-
Botontinus		Narrow term	164002	-