Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 108
-CUT GRAVES. 485 limited on either side by a little cliff. They lie side by side, but the heads arenot placed along in line. The first, counting from the left, is square-headed;the next three have shouldered tops; the fifth and sixth are rounded. At the headsof all but the fifth are squared holes,… … HEYSHAM. There are now no remains of coverings, but in some the ledges on which lids haverested may still be seen. Nothing is known of the history of these curious placesof sepulture. Rock-cut gi-aves are common enough in some countries, but as a rulethey are either connected with sepulchral…
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