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The meaning of symbols found on gravestones

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  • A to Z of Gravestone Symbols
    • Acanthus Leaf on a Headstone
    • Acorn on a Headstone
    • Anchor on a Headstone
    • Angel Pointing Down
    • Angels Pointing Up
    • Angels Weeping
    • Bell on a Headstone
    • Biblical Scenes on a Headstone
    • Cemetery Angels
    • Cemetery Death Heads
    • Crown on Headstone
    • Cup on a Headstone
    • Dart on a Headstone
    • Day of Judgement Reliefs
    • Drapery and Urns
    • Graveyard Crosses
    • Hands on a Headstone
    • Lamb on Headstone
    • Lilies on a Headstone
    • Memento Mori Symbols
    • Plants and Flowers on a Headstone
    • Saints on a Headstone
    • Shell on a Headstone
    • Snake on Headstone
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 Stoneletters

Interesting UK gravestone site

graveyarddetective.com/ 

UK  sculpture site with pages on cemetery monuments

speel.me.uk/gp/chyardmonsintro.htm

Scottish graveyard photography

mortephotography.co.uk

Picture tag

  • acanthus leaf (10)
  • Animals (10)
  • Bird (5)
  • book (9)
  • book of life (5)
  • cemetery angel (12)
  • Coffin (6)
  • Cornwall (20)
  • cross (16)
  • crown (5)
  • death head (72)
  • drapery (9)
  • Edinburgh (8)
  • Elsdon (11)
  • flower (15)
  • Flowers (6)
  • Foliage (6)
  • Georgia Goodman (7)
  • Hand (11)
  • headstone (24)
  • Headstone Angel (17)
  • heart (5)
  • hourglass (14)
  • immortality (6)
  • innocence (6)
  • Ireland (8)
  • judgement (19)
  • Keele (7)
  • Lily (5)
  • memento mori (62)
  • Northumberland (69)
  • Ouroboros (9)
  • praying (8)
  • Putto (5)
  • scene (6)
  • sexton tools (6)
  • skeleton (10)
  • Skull (37)
  • skull and crossbones (52)
  • Snake (7)
  • Soul Effigy (9)
  • St Cuthbert (12)
  • Trumpet (15)
  • Winged Skull (7)
  • Wings (33)

Images tagged "wings"

St Cuthbert Edinburgh Headstones
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Bird-Headstone
Blue-DeathHead
Deathhead
Deathhead-Salt
Medieval-Headstone-Elsdon
Misty-Death-Head

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