DEFINITIONS USED IN MEMORIAL CONSTRUCTION
Cairn :
A rounded or pyramidal heap of stones made as a monument or memorial.
Capital :

The head or uppermost portion of a column that takes the weight of an upper section.

Cenotaph :
A tomb or monument erected in honour of a person or persons whose body is interred elsewhere.
Column :

A supporting pillar: a pillar comprising, a shaft, a capital and a base. The shaft being a circular section either, smooth, fluted or channelled. Ionic-Spiral volutes of its capital. Doric-Characterised by a fluted column shaft with no base, and with a capital comprising a Echinus separated from the shaft by one or more annulets and supporting a square unmoulded Abacus.

Abacus :
A slab that forms the uppermost member of the capital of a column.
Echinus :

The rounded quarter moulding.

Honour Board :
An object that contains a list of names for use inside buildings.
Honour Roll :
A roster of names of persons deserving honour, primarily used in external locations.
Memorial :
An object that serves to preserve the memory or knowledge of an individual, individuals or event.
Monument :
A structure erected or maintained in memory of the dead or to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, or action.
Obelisk :
An upright four sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid.
Pedestal :
The support or base of an upright structure. Divided into three parts: dado, plinth or foot (base) and surbase.
Dado :
Part of a pedestal between the base and the surbase. (Also known as: Die.)
Peristyle :
A range of roof supporting columns.
Plinth :

A square vertically faced member immediately below the base of a column or pillar and can also be the actual base of a monument.

Subbase :
the lowermost part of the base
Stylobate :

A continuous flat coping or pavement on which a row of architectural columns is supported.

Surbase :
A cornice or a series of mouldings (cap, cap mould) at the top of the base pedestal or podium.
Pillar :
A column or shaft standing alone for a monument.
Slab :
A section of reinforced concrete formed as a single unjointed segment of a memorial base.
Tower :

A structure designed primarily for elevation that is higher than its diameter and high relative to its surroundings, that may stand apart, be attached to a larger structure, or project above or out from a wall.

   
   
 
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