STYLE Index

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