Tent Graves in Sparta, Tennessee:
A fascinating group of tent-shaped stone grave coverings, most over 150 years old, stand in Mount Gilead Cemetery in White County, Tennessee. The purpose of the tent-shape covering was to keep animals from getting into the graves. In the 19th century, the deceased were buried in much shallower plots, so the covering was needed to avoid tampering by animals or grave robbers.
These folk style grave coverings, called tent or comb graves, are found primarily in Tennessee, but examples have been found in Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, and Georgia.
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Zentralfriedhof Vienna
I was on a date here, G. was really lovely
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And although those halls no longer stand
still my memories lead me there
to you gentle embrace and tender kisses
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Stow-on-the-Wold Cemetery. Cotswolds, UK.
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Grave Marker, c700CE, Ardwall Island, Fleet Bay, Dumfries Museum, Dumfries and Galloway.
This stone has its origins in a small community founded by Irish clergy on Ardwall lsland in about 550 AD. By the 8" century it had both Irish and Northumbrian members, and so the name Cuthgar, meaning "Fortunate Spear", is inscribed in both languages.
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