A manual for the study of the sepulchral slabs and crosses of the middle ages (1849)
Cutts, Edward Lewes, 1824-1901, Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland · London, J. H. Parker · leaf 27
ded excavation to fit the head; see Plate lxxiv. andthe cut on the next page : frequently a small hole is foundin the bottom, it is supposed, to let out the liquid whichwas used in preserving the bodies. 14 STONE COFFINS. Some other varieties in the shape of the interior cavityoccur, but they are… … These graves are cut in the rock, the trench which sur-rounds them on two sides Avas for the foundation of thechurchyard wall. It is difficult to determine the date ofthese graves; the church is most probably of Saxon date;another church was built at the foot of the hill in earlyNorman times, but…
Sepulchral monuments · Sculpture, Medieval
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