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Glossary Terms: A

A&E

Abbey

Acanthus

Addorsed

Adze

AE3

AE4

Aerial Photograph

Affronty

Agger

Agricultural building

Agricultural machinery depot

Agricultural merchants

Air raid shelter

Aisle

Aisled barn

Allan Williams Turret

Almonry

Almshouse

Alnage seal

Amphitheatre

Amphora

Ampulla

Anderson shelter

Animal bell

Animal shed

Annular brooch

Annulet

Ansate brooch

Antefix

Anthropoid

Anti aircraft battery

Anti ricochet wall

Anti tank block

Anti tank emplacement

Antonine Itinerary

Anvil

Apiary

Apotropaic

APS

APs

Apse

Arboretum

Arcade

Argent

Armed

Armory

Arms

Arrowhead

Articulated skeleton

As

Asbestos

Ashlar

Assembly rooms

Attired

Augur

Aureus

Auxiliary fort

Awl

Axehead

Axehead roughout

Azure

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