From Code sheets for Burial ground memorial form © Harold Mytum Published by Council for British Archaeology
Low monuments |
0100 Ledger |
0105 Ledger on a base or step |
0200 Coffin shaped ledger |
0310 Grave-rail |
0330 Grave-board |
0500 Low monument |
0510 Low monument with flat top |
0520 Low monument with convex top |
0530 Low monument with gable top |
0540 Low monument with hipped top |
0550 Low monument with gabled cross |
***5 Low monument on a base or low step |
0600 Cremation plaque set flush or almost so with ground |
0700 Rectangular plaque set flush with ground (lawn cemetery style) |
0705 Rectangular plaque set on low base almost flush with ground (lawn cemetery style) |
Kerbs |
0900 Kerbs |
0920 Plain kerbs |
0940 Kerbs with posts at the corners |
0960 Kerbs with 3 posts on each side |
0970 Kerbs with high railings |
0978 Railings only (no kerbs visible) |
0980 Kerbs with chains |
Kerbs with bevelled/moulded internal faces: |
0921 Plain kerbs |
0941 Kerbs with posts at the corners |
0961 Kerbs with 3 posts on each side |
Table and Chest tombs |
1000 Tomb |
1100 Chest tomb |
1110 Chest tomb with plain sides |
1120 Chest tomb with rectangular panelled sides |
1130 Chest tomb with console ends |
1300 Table tomb |
1410 Table tomb, 4 straight square legs |
1420 Table tomb, 4 baluster legs |
1430 Table tomb, 4 animal legs |
1440 Table tomb, 4 expanded legs |
1610 Table tomb, 6 straight legs |
1620 Table tomb, 6 baluster legs |
1630 Table tomb, 6 animal legs |
1640 Table tomb, 6 expanded legs |
1700 Tomb with single central panel between end panels |
***1 Square cut top |
***2 Bevelled top |
***3 Coped top |
***4 Moulded top |
***5 Single bale on top |
***6 Double bale on top |
***7 Low monument on top |
Crosses |
2000 Cross |
2100 Simple Latin cross |
2200 Ringed cross |
2300 Cross with expanded terminals |
2400 Gothic cross |
2500 Cross of Lorraine (with second arm at an angle) |
2600 Cross with third arm |
2700 Cross with gable |
**10 with 1 stepped base |
**20 with 2 stepped base |
**30 with 3 stepped base |
**40 with 4 stepped base |
**50 with rocky base |
**60 with roughly square base |
***5 with one step diamond shaped |
Sculpture |
3000 Sculpture |
3100 Angel |
3110 Angel standing, pointing upwards |
3140 Angel seated, mourning |
3160 Angel kneeling, praying |
3200 Cherub |
3300 Christ |
3400 Virgin Mary |
3500 Calvary |
3600 Male figure |
3650 Male bust |
3700 Female figure |
3750 Female bust |
3800 Other design (e.g. car) |
***3 on stepped base |
***5 on rocky base |
***7 on cubed base |
Headstones |
4000 Headstone/Boulder/Rock grave marker |
4100 Round top |
4200 Gothic pointed top |
4300 Triangular top |
4400 Pedimented top |
4500 Slightly curved top |
4600 Sinuous top |
4650 Topped with a cross |
4660 Topped with a ringed cross |
4700 Flat top |
4770 With a cross on the side |
4800 Concave pointed top |
4900 Discoid (circular on shaft) |
5100 Flat top with semicircular central feature |
5200 Flat top with triangular central feature |
5300 Flat top with slightly curved central feature |
5400 Flat top with pointed oval central feature |
5800 Asymmetrical top |
**50 Topped with a small cross (often a separate piece) |
**60 Topped with a small ringed cross |
Headstones with substantial integral cross on top |
(see **50, **60 for small crosses on top) |
6000 With cross on top |
6100 With ringed cross on top |
6200 Gothic pointed headstone & cross on top |
6300 Gothic pointed with ringed cross |
6400 Triangular with cross |
6500 Triangular with ringed cross |
6600 Rounded top with cross |
6700 Rounded top with ringed cross |
Features on shoulders of headstones |
***1 Semicircular |
***2 Quarter-circular |
***3 Square |
***4 Triangular |
***5 Pointed |
***6 Convex shoulders |
***7 Concave shoulders |
***8 Angled shoulders |
***9 Stepped shoulders |
Other features of the headstone |
**10 Indented sides |
**20 Shape of top repeated twice |
**30 Shape of top repeated three times |
**40 Incorporating a scroll |
**50 Small cross on top |
**60 Small ringed cross on top |
**70 Cusped top centre to headstone |
**80 Cut away either side of centre |
Other monument shapes |
7100 Flower holder in place of a stone and no other form of memorial |
7300 Thick, low memorial at head of grave – often originally part of a plot with additional kerbs |
8100 Desk |
8120 Desk with open book |
8150 Desk with scroll |
8200 Wedge shaped slab |
8220 Wedge with open book |
8250 Wedge with scroll |
8350 Low stone, top shaped like a scroll, but not at the bottom |
8400 Rock, rough |
8450 Rock, rough, with scroll |
8480 Rock, smooth |
8500 Log pediment |
8600 Heart |
8700 Circular disc |
8900 Bench as memorial |
8960 Plaque on railings/tree |
***1 Topped with urn |
***2 Topped with draped urn |
Pedestal tombs |
9000 Pedestal tomb |
9100 Columnar pedestal |
9200 Polygonal pedestal |
9300 Cube pedestal |
9400 Cuboid pedestal |
**10 2nd stage cube/cuboid |
**20 2nd stage gable |
**30 2nd stage Gothic structure |
**40 2nd stage obelisk |
**50 2nd stage pyramid |
**60 2nd stage dome |
**70 2nd stage column |
**80 2nd stage broken column |
**90 2nd stage sarcophagus |
***1 Topped with urn |
***2 Topped with draped urn |
***3 Topped with finial |
***4 Topped with a sphere |
***5 Topped with a neo-classical |
sarcophagus |
***6 Topped with a gothic cross |
***7 Topped with a cross |
***8 Topped with a ringed cross |