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Monument Types Types of monuments relating to the built and buried heritage in England. 

The Thesaurus of Monuments Types can be purchased loose-leaf bound for £20, or unbound for £10 from English Heritage postal sales: 01604 781163

Archaeological Objects Physical evidence, usually portable, resulting from past human activity or environmental remains that can be recovered from archaeological fieldwork.
Archaeological Objects thesaurus working group.
Building Materials Construction materials for monuments relating to the built and buried heritage.
Defence of Britain Types of defensive monuments relating to the 20th century in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Components Elements of a monument relating to the built or buried heritage.
Maritime Place Names Maritime ports, countries and bodies of water from and to which ships may have sailed or been registered.
Maritime Craft Type Craft types which survive as wrecks for the RCHME’s maritime record and can be used to describe types of ship.
Maritime Cargo Types of cargo being carried by ships when they went down.
Evidence Thesaurus Terminology covering the existing physical remains of a monument, or the means by which a monument has been identified where no physical remains exist
Archaeological Sciences Used for recording the techniques, recovery methods and materials associated with the archaeological sciences.
Thred Thesaurus Terminology for the description of archive type and format, jointly developed by The National Trust and English Heritage, funded by a Sharing Museum Skills Millennium Award.
Historic Aircraft Type An indexing tool to aid the recording of aircraft remains and crash sites, listing aircraft types by form, function and manufacturer.
FISH Link to the Forum on Information Standards in Heritage, and the INSCRIPTION terminology standard.
word HOARD Other terminology schemes

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