Chest Tomb And 2 Headstones At Approximately 10 Metres North Of East End Of Church Of Saint Sithney

SW 62 NW SITHNEY CHURCHTOWN, Sithney

7/281 Chest tomb and 2 headstones at - approximately 10 metres north of east end of Church of Saint Sithney GV II

Chest tomb and 2 headstones. Probably C18 chest tomb, one headstone 1812 the other headstone 1827. Dressed granite chest tomb with later dressed granite lid obscuring the original lid and incised slate monolith headstones. Rectangular-on-plan chest with a headstone at either end (west and east). The chest tomb has plain sides and a moulded lid; the headstone at the west end has a segmental-arched head and the other headstone has a round-arched head over moulded corners. The chest tomb inscription is obscured by the later lid. West headstone inscription to : JOHN, SON OF CATHERINE RICHARDS, who was wounded in the Mine by the fall of a piece of Wood, which entered his bowels; who after surviving several Hours, terminated his existence on the 10th day of July 1912 aged 22 years. East headstone inscription to : JOSEPH GUNDERY, died 1827 aged 57, and the epitaph: Beneath this stone lies silent in the dust A husband dear that in the Lord did trust, Till the last trump shall sound and bid him rise, To meet his Blessed Jesus in the skies

Listing NGR: SW6366329010