Seventeenth Century Burial Ground

Yesterday I finally found an open gate to the seventeenth-century graveyard. It was fascinating--tombstones dating to the 1600s, 1700s, and early 1800s. Some were unreadable, but even some of the really old ones were still readable. I especially like the skulls with wings--now I know where Edward Gorey got the idea.

Many of these 17th and 18th century tombstones have charming images of skulls flanked by wings--probably representing the Angel of Death. Some have a face instead of a skull.