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Glossary Terms: P

Palaeolithic

Pale

Palimpsest

Palisade

Pall

Palmette

Palstave

Paly

Pantile

Parapet

Parclose screen

Pargeting

Park pale

Parterre

Party

PAS

Passant

Patera

Patrix

Pax board

Peacock

Peat cutting

Pebbledash

Peculiar

Pediment

Pelican

Penannular brooch

Penannular ring

Pennanular

Perpendicular

Pewter

Pheon

Pickett Hamilton fort

Pier

Pierced

Pilaster

Pile

Pilgrim badge

Pillbox

Pillory

Pin beater

Pingo

Pinnacle

Pipe tamper

Pipkin

Piscina

Pitcher

Plank and muntin

Plano convex knife

Platband

Plate

Plate brooch

Pleasure garden

Police box

Polished axehead

Polygonal

Pommel

Pond barrow

Post hole

Post medieval

Post mill

Postern

Pot boiler

Potent

Potin

Pound

Practice trench

Preceptory

Prick spur

Priest hole

Priory

Prisoner of war camp

Privy tower

Proper

Public house

Puddingstone

Puddled bricks

Pug mill

Purlin

Purpure

Purse bar

Purse frame

Purse hanger

PVC

Pygmy cup

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