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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
CINERARY URN	Urn containing a cremation. Where component use with wider site type.	Preferred term	70029	-
CINERARY VESSEL	A vessel for keeping the ashes of the dead after cremation.	Preferred term	97305	-
CINNAMON	Spice from the bark of an East Indian tree	Preferred term	143973	-
CINQUEFOIL	An ornamental foliation in panels or tracery so called because it is arranged around five intervals, known as foils or cusps, that describe the outlines of five leaves or petals.	Preferred term	138852	-
Circle Henge	A henge which contains a circle of standing stones. Use both terms.	Narrow term	99671	-
CIRCLET	A circular ornament worn on the head.	Preferred term	96679	-
CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE	A circular shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier.	Preferred term	70356	-
CIRCULAR KILN	A circular kiln or oven used in the manufacture of bricks. Common in Staffordshire in the 18th century.	Preferred term	91476	-
CIRCULAR PLAN	The plan on which a circular building is constructed.	Preferred term	137556	-
CIRCULAR PLATFORM	A levelled area of ground, circular in shape, used as the base on which a monument was built.Sometimes raised, a platform is often the sole surviving evidence for a monument.	Preferred term	70402	-
CIRCULAR REDOUBT	A large circular defence work surrounded by a brick revetted ditch and sunken below a glacis. Usually built out of brick with the embrasures lined with granite blocks. Armed with ten or elven guns. Early 19th century as part of coastline defence.	Preferred term	140290	-
CIRCUMCISION EQUIPMENT	Equipment used to perform circumcision.	Preferred term	95263	-
CIRCUMCISION KNIFE	A knife used in circumcision.	Preferred term	95264	-
CIRCUMCISION PLATE	A plate used during circumcision.	Preferred term	95266	-
CIRCUMCISION SCISSORS	A pair of scissors used in circumcision.	Preferred term	95265	-
CIRCUMVALLATION	A rampart or other defensive entrenchment.	Preferred term	70700	-
CIRCUS (RECREATIONAL)	A site where traditional public shows, in which the display of exotic animals, combined with feats of agility and comedy, were held.	Preferred term	91477	-
CIRCUS (ROMAN)	A rectangular arena, rounded at one end designed for chariot racing. The racetrack circled a central barrier (spina) constructed between two turning posts (metae). The only known example found in Britain, so far, is in Colchester.	Preferred term	91478	-
CIRCUS (URBAN)	A circular range of houses dating from the 18th century, eg. John Wood's Circus at Bath.	Preferred term	91479	-
Circus Tent		Narrow term	91480	-
CIST	Generally rectangular structure normally used for burial purposes, and formed from stone slabs set on edge, and covered by one or more horizontal slabs or capstones. Cists may be built on the surface or sunk into the ground.	Preferred term	70071	-
CIST GRAVE CEMETERY	A cemetery comprising inhumations or cremations interred in stone cists.	Preferred term	70062	-
Cistercian Abbey	Use ABBEY and CISTERCIAN MONASTERY/NUNNERY.	Narrow term	70704	-
CISTERCIAN ALIEN CELL	A residence of two or three monks of the Cistercian order dependent on a foreign mother house.	Preferred term	91481	-
CISTERCIAN CELL	A residence of two or three monks of the Cistercian order dependent on an English mother house.	Preferred term	70128	-
CISTERCIAN GRANGE	An outlying farm or estate belonging to the Cistercian order.	Preferred term	70151	-
CISTERCIAN MONASTERY	An abbey or priory of Cistercian monks.	Preferred term	70157	-
CISTERCIAN NUNNERY	An abbey or a priory of Cistercian nuns.	Preferred term	70168	-
Cistercian Priory	Use PRIORY and CISTERCIAN MONASTERY/NUNNERY.	Narrow term	70705	-
CISTERN	A covered tank in which rainwater is stored for use when required.	Preferred term	70435	-