What is recorded here
Recorded by Bradley and Dunne (1992, 60-61) as being located in the nave of the friary (GA070-035001-) and described as a rectangular slab decorated with a butcher’s knife and chopping block. A marginal inscription reads:
PRAY FOR THE SOVLES OF WALTER/ LANG AND/ HIS WIFE SARA
GAVNA/ R I [P]/ 1696
On inspection in June 2018 this slab could not be identified.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 17 July 2018
A medieval gravestone; significant for its carved depiction of a butcher’s knife and chopping block, reflecting occupational or symbolic iconography in funerary art.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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