Pirate Tombstone - My Sunday Photo 210517

Pirate Tombstone – My Sunday Photo 210517

Pirate Tombstone – My Sunday Photo 210517

Pirate Tombstone - My Sunday Photo 210517

It’s strange the things you come across in the heart of Northamptonshire!  We visited Canons Ashby a few weeks ago and popped over to the church to have a look round, and there was this rather strange gravestone.  Could it be a pirate tombstone my son asked?  Maybe.  who knows?

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14 thoughts on “Pirate Tombstone – My Sunday Photo 210517

  1. What Does a Skull and Cross Bones Mean on a Grave?
    The primary reason skulls appeared on memorial and headstones was as a Memento Mori, a reminder of our own mortality, an aide-mémoire, should it be needed, that you too will die one day – death is inexorable !

  2. A stone at the southeast corner of the church bears a connection to the Knights Templar Crusaders with a worn symbol of the skull and crossbones”. It also means death and resurection apparently.

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