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Adam Brown
Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 714 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject: Black marks on CWGC headstones in Aignish / Eye Cemetery |
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There seem to be quite a few CWGC headstones in the Western Isles Cemetery - Ainish / Eye where the blacking in of the letters on the headstones has been a bit slapdash.
Will this be cleaned up or is it expected the will the weather will do it?
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David McNay Site Admin
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Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 1559 Location: Lanarkshire
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen this before. What I think has happened is that the lettering has been "filled in". Probably by a stonemason. I've seen marks like this when a name has been added to an existing gravestone. I would expect that they will be cleaned in due course. |
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adb41
Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 1546
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:27 am Post subject: |
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I have noticed in recent weeks that the lettering on CWGC gravestones in several Lewis graveyards has been filled in with black, e.g. at Sandwick and Aignish / Eye. I was quite happy to see that, as the legibility was beginning to suffer. |
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