Date recorded: 8/9/09
Inscription
SACRED to the memory of
James Davies
who departed this life
Dec 20th 18?0
Aged 77
ALSO
To the memory of
Elizabeth wife of
James Davies
who died Aug. 8th, 1820,
Aged 62 years
(On broken Fragment)
1 Let man no mo..
2 The life that must
3 But by true Faith
4 And seek those Mansions
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Earliest date (of death): 1820
Type of monument: Headstone, flat with semicircular central feature & concave shoulders
Dimensions (in millimetres):
a) monument/headstone: height: 1180 breadth: 940 thickness: 100
b) base: height: breadth: thickness:
c) kerbs: height: breadth: thickness:
d) footstone: height: breadth: thickness:
Orientation of monument/headstone: West facing
Material: Sandstone
Condition: Broken, lying flat, overgrown
Number of surfaces bearing: a) decoration: 1 b) inscription: 1
Type of decoration: Symbolic, scrollwork termination in foliage and including flowers
Decorative motif/s: flowers, leaves, vegetation, scrollwork, urn
Technique/s used for decoration: Relief
Condition of decoration: Sound
Technique/s used for inscription: Relief
Condition of inscription: some decipherable, some illegible or vanished
Name of mason: Davies Clun
Notes: 18?0 possibly 1880, date of death Elizabeth 1820 from register
Measurements difficult to confirm.