Welcome to the Fearn Peninsula Graveyards. This site contains the Memorial Inscriptions for eight cemeteries within the Fearn Peninsula area.
The procedures involved in recording an older memorial
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Turf around the edges of the Memorial, or Ledger as this type is known, is carefully cut away to reveal the edges and give some idea of the stone's depth. |
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Water helps to loosen soil and moss deposits which gather in the carved inscription and makes the lettering and features more legible. |
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As the lettering finally becomes clearer recordings can be made of the layout. It can take some time to read and even make sense of Memorials with this type of layout. |
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Finally the Ledger can be recorded. On the right is the record for this Memorial. |
This is the same Memorial in 2006. With the inscription completely obscured. |
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Many Ledgers are very ornate with clearly visible inscriptions and symbols. |
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Black and White Photographs courtesy of ©Richard Blosse |
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SITE DESIGNED BY TARBAT DISCOVERY CENTRE AND PLEXUS MEDIA |
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