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Feb
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24th
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2020
09:10 am
poliphilo
Two headstones from Knaptoft, the one on the right nearly 300 years old, the other only a generation younger- and both still entirely legible. That's slate for you!
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2020-02-24 12:01 pm (UTC)
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almsfortheinsane
Wow! Love it! :^D
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2020-02-24 04:40 pm (UTC)
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poliphilo
Fine work, eh?
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2020-02-24 08:46 pm (UTC)
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almsfortheinsane
For sure. :^)
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2020-02-24 01:27 pm (UTC)
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cmcmck
Slate is such a fine material for carving.
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2020-02-24 04:42 pm (UTC)
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poliphilo
It was the material of choice for Leicestershire gravestones.
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2020-02-24 04:47 pm (UTC)
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cmcmck
A lot around here too as we're just across the border from a slate mining region.
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