Gravestones

A New England Art Form

© 1992 D.A.Jacobs

Welcome to our New England gravestone page.

Thank you for coming.

We hope you will find this informative and help you understand

the meanings behind the old gravestone carvings.

So grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair and enjoy.

The Theory behind the Carvings

Home

Background on Gravestones

Gravestone Motifs

Gravestone Symbology

The Five Classes of Gravestones

Alphabetical Listing of Gravestone Symbols

Some Interesting Stones

From Various New England Cemeteries

Home

Light House Clock Stone - Vermont

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – Concord Massachusetts

Burying Point Cemetery – Salem Massachusetts

Olde Burial Hill Marblehead Massachusetts

Website Dedication

Links

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Gravestones A New England Art Form © 1992-2012, D. A. Jacobs

Photography © 1992-2012,  D.A. Jacobs 

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