Stone mason marks & graffiti. Pickering Castle,North Yorkshire.

#MementoMoriMonday Wall memorial in St Tydfil, Llysworney, #Wales to Wenllian William "who dye ye 30th June 1732 aged 100" (a respectable age for this times). The bible (top right) reads "Ye Lord gave & ye Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21)

The headstone of Mrs Rebekah Wright, wife of James Finlay of Wallyford, who died 30th May 1770 at the age of 62. -St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard, Edinburgh

The headstone of Joseph Knight. The details about him and his family have been worn away and become difficult to read, but it keeps many interesting symbols on it. Anyone has an idea of what they mean? -Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh

Just a skull and crossbones. Nothing on the other side. -Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh

The inscription has been damaged and hard to read but the design is one of the coolest I have ever seen. Skulls, Angels and some masonry symbol. -St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard, Edinburgh

Maybe I should start using tags like #MementoMoriMonday so that more people can find my photos of graves and old things.

A variety of headstones at the lower Old Cemetery: July 2024 #Teignmouth #Devon #cemetery #Victorian

Captain John Gray raised this gravestone as a memorial to his Parents, Thomas Gray & Elizabeth Wilkie. He chose to decorate the stone with a carved image of his 3 masted galleon. He also shows us his Mother, in a pretty bonnet, but not sure he liked his Father quite so much ;o)

Some gravestones seem designed to comfort the living with messages of a joyful & everlasting life after death. However this one seems intent on telling us that death is inevitable, scary, painful & permanent. Be afraid, be very afraid !

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Spotted this discarded fragment of a broken gravestone today. Gave it a clean up to reveal a nice carving of a winged spirit above fruiting vines. Such vines were a popular image on 18thC gravestones in this area due to their association with Christ & the word of God.

Spectacular. The way the drapery ripples and the lettering is crammed in.

I relocated to Blyth, England from Scotland. Things have started to settle so I will gradually resume posting graves again!

A grave of crews on submarines that sank in the North Sea in WWI. Robert Larcombe, Edward A. Howard, and John Smith on HMS E30. George J. Lyons on HMS Trident. -Blyth Links Cemetery

The grave of Mark Alfred and his children. He lost his life in 1892 at the age of 40, trying to rescue a shipwrecked crew. -Blyth Links Cemetery

The grave of Leif Beylegaard, who were born in 1873 and died in 1896. It is written in Danish or Norwegian. -Blyth Links Cemetery

What a Tiny Head & Very Long Leg bones.