Llandaff Cathedral is small but with a complex building history and a good selection of tombs. This virtual study say concentrates on the medieval tombs - bishops, local landowners and a wealthy innkeeper who may have accommodated pilgrims.
While our programme of study days and other activities has had to be postponed, Sally Badham has sent us photographs and discussion for a virtual study day of the fascinating tombs in this church
Some spectacular medieval tombs are described as Easter Sepulchres - but are they really?
Guest post by Sophie Oosterwijk on an intriguing Dutch painting showing a ledgerstone being recarved while still in the floor of the church
Faith tourism is increasingly important in local economies - meanwhile, many churches are finding new uses.
Guest blog post by Donna La Rue on the background of some of the women commemorated by early gravestones in this Charleston (MA) burying ground
A large carved stone shield from a memorial at Badley in Suffolk has been stolen - possibly to order.
Tombs get reused as all sorts of things - they can make spectacular altars, but they can also take the place of altars.
Were there really four Civil War soldiers buried standing upright in this Hampshire church?
Our Twitter discussion on bare-breasted angels on tombs seems worth preserving ...
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