An ancient sign of death
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An ancient sign of death
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 28 Mar 2019
This tablet in St Mary's church is dated 1662, following the rebuilding of the tower a few decades earlier. The stark skull was quite a common feature of memorial stones and tablets of that era.
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Image Location
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51.582864
Longitude
-2.577681