From Code sheets for Burial ground memorial form © Harold Mytum Published by Council for British Archaeology
For example, 0024 means that a monument has:
0*** no footstone; *0** no body stone; **2* plain kerbs; ***4 pink chipping infill
Box 1 |
0 No foot stone |
1 Foot stone |
Box 2 |
0 No body stone |
1 Body stone, parallel sided, flat |
2 Body stone, parallel sided, raised |
3 Body stone raised more like a tomb |
4 Body stone, coffin shaped, flat |
5 Body stone, coffin shaped, raised |
6 Wrapped body shape |
8 Flower holder built in at the base |
Box 3 |
0 No kerb |
1 Kerbs |
2 Plain kerbs |
3 Kerbs with posts at feet |
4 Kerbs with posts at head and foot |
5 Kerbs with two pairs of posts, |
neither at the head |
6 Kerbs with three posts on each side |
7 Kerbs with railings |
8 Kerbs with chains or other fittings |
9 Kerbs ornately carved and shaped |
Box 4 |
0 No chippings |
1 Green chippings infill |
2 White chippings infill |
3 Grey chippings infill |
4 Pink chippings infill |
5 Peat or soil infill |
6 Gravel/Pebbles |
7 Shale Fragments |
9 Other |