FARM | Canmore

Term	Note
AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE	A landscape containing primarily agricultural development and buildings.
CELL	A monastic enclave dependent on a mother house.
CROFT	A small farm or holding.
FARM BUILDING	A building or structure found on a farm. Use more specific term where known.
FARM LABOURERS COTTAGE	The dwelling place of a farm worker.
FARMYARD	A yard or enclosure attached to a farmhouse, usually surrounded by other farm buildings.
GRANGE	The residence and outbuildings of an outlying farm or estate, especially that held by a monastery or other religious order.
MANOR	An area of land consisting of the lord's demesne and of lands from whose holders he may exact certain fees, etc.
MONASTERY	A complex of buildings inhabited by a community of men living in seclusion under religious vows.
NUNNERY	A complex of buildings inhabited by a community of women, such as nuns or canonesses, living in seclusion under religious vows.
PRECEPTORY	A manor or estate owned and run by an order of knights and governed by a preceptor.
SHIELING	Upland pasture to which animals were driven on a seasonal basis. For structures associated with shielings use SHIELING HUT.
SMALLHOLDING	A holding on a smaller scale than a farm.
STACK STAND	A structure or platform upon which a stack is built.
VILLA	A term for a type of house, with varying definitions according to period. Georgian and later period villas were often detached town houses, whereas Roman villas were high-status and usually associated with a rural estate.