Ebenezer Harding 1747

headstone headstone before cleaning footstone

HERE LYES THE
BODY OF Mr
EBENEZER HARDING
WHO DIED JUNE
Ye 27th 1747
IN Ye 35th YEAR
OF HIS AGE

footstone
E H

The tympanum which most likely displayed a winged skull is completely broken off and missing. The middle photo shows the headstone before cleaning. The right photo shows the footstone.

LOCATION - No. 31 on EHS 1976 Cove survey map

MATERIAL - slate

HEADSTONE - 16" W, 19" H, 1" D

FOOTSTONE - 12" W, 14" H, 1" D

CONDITION - lichen growth

COMMENTS - Headstone and footstone cleaned October 2004. The photo on the right is before cleaning in 2004. Headstone cleaned with D/2 October 2008.


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