A gravestone detail at Sark Tower Churchyard

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A gravestone detail at Sark Tower Churchyard

Image: © Walter Baxter Taken: 23 Nov 2010

This is the carved figure of a crown-wearing skeleton holding a dart and hourglass and standing on a coffin, representing the personification of Death, the King of Terrors. The carving is in this disused graveyard Image

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.06505
Longitude
-3.047325