Grave with anchor
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Grave with anchor
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 9 Jul 2011
This unusual form of grave marker in East Greenwich Pleasaunce reflects the fact that most of those buried here were seamen from the nearby Royal Naval College. But there are also allusions to the Christian hope of afterlife, of which the anchor is a traditional symbol.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.484811
Longitude
0.014317