Depiction of a cinerary urn, Whitchurch
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Depiction of a cinerary urn, Whitchurch
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 22 Oct 2015
Part of this http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4800739 late Victorian drinking fountain. The inscription is NOVEMBER 1899 A CINERARY URN OF WHICH THIS IS A REPRESENTATION WAS DISCOVERED IN DIGGING THE FOUNDATION OF THIS WALL. A cinerary urn was used to hold the ashes of the dead after cremation.
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