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Gettlinge burial site/ Gettlinge gravfält Öland
Viking stone ship at Gettlinge, in the southwest portion of the island of Öland, Sweden.
The stone ship was an early burial custom in Scandinavia. The grave or cremation burial was surrounded by stones in the shape of a ship. The ships vary in size and were erected from about 1000 BC to 1000 AD. The standing stones of the Viking ship are granite, which moraine materials were pushed here from the mainland by ice age glaciers.
In the background a typical Öland wooden post mill from later centuries and further away by the beach a modern wind turbine.
On this day, Peter Sanchez ashes were set out into the Atlantic Ocean by three of his daughters, his niece, and his son in law. A day at the beach and a celebration of his life. A grand farewell.
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Tomb from the church of Näshult, which predates the current church (the church is from 1735 - the burial from 1572). And the photo lies a bit - the stone is placed in the floor, not standing up, but I liked the effect from this angle.
The man buried here is Nils Persson from Holma, of the noble Silfversparre family (Silfversparre is a description of the coat of arms which later was used as a family name, so if you look at the stone you can see that coat of arms, but the name Silfversparre isn't actually mentioned). Nils Persson was first mentioned in 1529 and had several important functions in the higher echelons of society - though they are hard to translate to English so I won't try. He died October 19 1572, at six in the afternoon (according to the stone). Nils Persson had acquired a lot of land in his life-time and he seems to have been rather ruthless - and he had actually killed a man in 1551. He had at least three children, including a daughter - who was also accused of murder. She was later executed, but not for that, but for treachery towards the king. You can't help but get the feeling that if you were important enough, back in the day, you really could get away with murder...
This a burial site within walking distance from our house. It dates between 500 BC to 1000 AD. There have been bones found here dating to the 4th and 5th centuries. The main area shown here is in the shape of a Viking ship.
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IR shot of a Neolithic burial mound overlooking the village of Avebury in South West England. Avebury itself is a Neolithic henge monument in the South West of England containing three stone circles likley to have been over 3000 years BC. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans.
Constructed over several hundred years in the third millennium BC, during the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, the monument comprises a large henge (a bank and a ditch) with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument.
The first burials were made here in 1827. The old burial ground sits right up against The Nut and overlooking the main beach. A white picket fence rings the ground and Norfolk pines sway in the sea breeze.
On a tiny island in a lake just outside of Bucharest stands Snagov Monastery which local tradition states is the burial place of Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
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This is the grave of Maria Luisa Montesano, born Levi della Vida in 1882, who died in 1968. And it's like nothing else I've seen. So the grave is rather modern, but it incorporates Roman spolia [Wikipedia definition: a stone taken from an old structure and repurposed for new construction or decorative purposes.]. It's an ancient Roman cinerary urn on top, but with Montesano's name added. The frieze on the front comes from a Roman sarcophagus, and then there are some added elements from at least one statue and parts of columns are used both as decoration and as the lower name plaque.
At the Protestant Cemetery in Rome, as it is popularly known. The name of the cemetery is actually Cimitero Acattolico, which means the Non-Catholic cemetery.
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It is probably called like that since it was the path from the synagogue to the Jewish burial ground.
Second Burial Ground.
It is believed that the first burial occurred in 1824 and it is the final resting place of in excess of 1400 of Port Macquarie's earliest pioneers.
One of the more prominent grave sites is that of John Verge.
Verge was an English architect, builder, pioneer settler who migrated to Australia and would become Australia's most important architect due to his Greek Revival style of architecture in early Australia.
In 1853 Jean Charles Lamonnerie dit Fattorini was buried in the cemetery.
His claim to fame is that he was that he was born illegitimate, his father is was alleged was Napoleon Bonaparte.
Today the cemetery is listed on the State Heritage Register.
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
Ostfriesland-Oktober-2024-1173-2 These days many people do not want the classic interment of their dead bodies. Burial of the ashes at sea has become a popular option for many - not only coast dwellers and seafaring folk.
The Horizont belongs to the Albrecht shipping company. She is based in Harlesiel and the urns are surrendered to the sea betweeen the islands of Spiekeroog and Wangerooge.
Pentre Ifan in Pembrokeshire is the largest and best preserved neolithic dolmen in Wales. Dating from approximately 3,500 B.C. it has traditionally been identified as a communal burial place. As it now stands, Pentre Ifan is a collection of 7 principal stones, the huge capstone resting on the tips of just three other stones.
I was at the Native Reserve today...I was gonna do some floral shots...something drew me to the old burial grounds...It was so powerful that I openly wept ......
I love emotion... It means I'm alive...
Innisidgen Upper Burial Chamber, an 'entrance grave' from the Bronze Age. Of the 80 prehistoric chambered tombs on the Isles of Scilly this one on St Mary's is the best preserved. It is also known as 'The Giant's Grave'. 'Entrance graves' - named after their shape - are unique to the Isles of Scilly and West Cornwall.
This is inside the Nether Largie Burial Cairn in Kilmartin Glen. Thousands of years ago it where the Celts and the Picts would have buried their dead. Men, women and children would all have been buried in the feotal position.
On our hike we came across a lone burial site. Back in the day this is how it was done. We respected the area and continued on our hike. You never know what you may find in the deep woods.
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IC #1021 rounds the curve at 35th Street near the site of the tomb of Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois Senator and lobbyist for the Illinois Central Railroad. The infamous Union prisoner-of-war camp, Camp Douglas, was located just north of here on land that Douglas sold to the State of Illinois in 1861. Dubbed "Andersonville of the North", it is estimated that over 6,000 Confederate prisoners died in the camp and are buried in Oak Woods Cemetery off 67th Street.
The Dolmen de Kermario at the side of the alignments of Kermario, one of the three major groups of stone rows at the megalithic sites of Carnac, Brittany, France
Some background information:
The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in in the French department of Morbihan. They consist of stone alignments, dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli (burial mounds) and single menhirs (standing stones). More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local granite and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany and form the largest such collection in the world. Most of the stones are within the Breton municipality of Carnac, but some to the east are within neighboring La Trinité-sur-Mer. The stones were erected at some stage during the Neolithic period, probably around 3300 BC, but some may date to as early as 4500 BC.
There are three major groups of stone rows – Ménec, Kermario and Kerlescan, which altogether are known as the alignments of Carnac. Another much smaller group of stones, the Petit-Ménec alignments, can be found in the neigbouring village of La Trinité-sur-Mer. These four groups may have once formed a single group but have been split up as stones were removed for other purposes. The standing stones are made of weathered granite from local outcroppings that once extensively covered the area.
The Ménec alignments near the village of Le Ménec consist of eleven converging rows of menhirs stretching for 1,165 by 100 metres (3,822 by 328 feet). At either end the remains of stone circles can still be seen. The largest stones, around 4 metres (13 feet) high, are at the wider, western end. The stones then become as small as 0.6 metres (2 feet 0 inches) high along the length of the alignment before growing in height again toward the extreme eastern end.
The Kermario alignments consists of 1029 stones in ten columns, about 1,300 m (4,300 feet) in length. At their eastern end, where the stones are shorter, a stone circle was revealed by aerial photography. The Kerlescan alignments are a smaller group of 555 stones, further to the east of the other two sites. They are composed of 13 lines with a total length of about 800 metres (2,600 feet), ranging in height from 80 cm (2 feet 7 inch) to 4 m (13 feet). At the extreme west, where the stones are tallest, there is another stone circle which has 39 stones.
There are several dolmens scattered around the area, like the one of Kermario in this picture. These dolmens are generally considered to have been tombs. However, the acidic soil of Brittany has eroded away the bones. They were constructed with several large stones supporting a capstone, then buried under a mound of earth. In many cases, the mound is no longer present, sometimes due to archeological excavation, and only the large stones remain, in various states of ruin.
At the end of the 18th century, the alignments of Carnac were attributed to druidic gatherings. But just a few years later, it was claimed that they represent stars in the sky. A later theory from 1887 argued for a connection between the rows of stones and the directions of sunsets at the solstices. More recent studies assume an astronomical purpose or support the concept of a geometric megalithic yard. However, the most modern theory suggests that the stone rows belonged to some kind of defensive structure against preternatural menaces originating from the nearby sea. Anyway, a generally valid theory regarding the purpose of the alignments has not been agreed on yet.
Since 1996, the alignments of Carnac – or to be more precise – the Ménec alignments are part of the UNESCO tenative list, a list of worldwide architectural and cultural heritage sites, which are considered to become UNESCO world heritage sites sometime. If you plan a visit there, please be aware that Carnac can be overcrowded by tourists at certain hours of the day. There are also several touristic offers of clever tradespeople that cost money. However, you can still eplore the alignments on your own, although it’s no longer possible to stroll around between the stone rows as they are protected from regardless visitors by having been fenced in for quite some time.
Burial Island lies just east of the easternmost point of the Irish mainland, Burr Point, Co. Down (54° 29' N 5° 26' W), from which this photo was shot.
Nobody is sure from where the name derives. Local stories say the name comes from a Danish burial reputed to have taken place on the island. The name might also derive from the Irish for cormorant, na broighill, or from the pronunciation of “Burr Isle”. The island is inhabited only by terns.
Lanyon Quoit - Burial Chamber. (3500-2500BC). Cornwall.
Light painted by hand with a single 20 Second exposure.
As mentioned in my first upload today, the Stanley Burial Ground opened in 1827 and its last burial was in 1997. It's such a beautiful location and catches the evening sun. You can hear a brief historical account in this audio tour:
www.stanleyheritagewalk.com.au/en/locations/10/
There is a long tradition of people collecting epitaphs. This article I find fascinating because it describes the grave of one of my favourite poets, John Keats. Keats was buried in Italy just six years before the first burial here at Stanley. On his gravestone we read these words (you can read it in full on the link):
"Here lies one whose name was writ in water."
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/02/23/writ-in-water/
There is also a wonderful epitaph written by Robbie Burns for a friend:
"An honest man here lies at rest,
As e’er God with His image blest:
The friend of man, the friend of truth;
The friend of age, and guide of youth:
Few hearts like his, with virtue warm’d,
Few heads with knowledge so inform’d:
If there’s another world, he lives in bliss;
If there is none, he made the best of this."
Of course there are some funny ones too: www.et.byu.edu/~tom/jokes/Funny_Epitaphs.html
Here are two of my favourites:
"A lawyer's epitaph in England:
Sir John Strange
Here lies an honest lawyer,
And that is Strange."
"Someone determined to be anonymous in Stowe, Vermont:
I was somebody.
Who, is no business
Of yours."
Greyfriars Burial Ground in Perth is being managed as a "biodiversity bank", in which wildflowers, butterflies and insects are encouraged to flourish: and that the grasses are cut at the end of the summer after the flowers have seeded.
Clachan Duich is the ancient church and burial ground of the MacRaes of Kintail. Situated close to the head of Loch Duich, Clachan Duich has been in existence since at least 1050 and probably was in use much earlier.
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