Grave Monument Locations in the Old South is a survey of the locations of the various places in the Old South where stone, brick, and wood monuments and gravehouses occured. We are looking for examples of old time rectangular and triangular burial monuments as found in the Appalachian Mountains, the Cumberland Plateau, and the adjoining piedmont areas. If you know of other of these types of monuments, please send an e-mail to Fred Smoot.
TYPOLOGY SAMPLES, (Typical)
Rectangular (Box) Shaped Burial Monuments
Box Tomb (Slab)
Stone Tomb (Riprap with Slab Top)
Slot and Tab Tomb (Slab)
Table Tomb (With Ledger Stone Slab Top)
Triangular Shaped Burial Monuments
Coffin Shaped Tomb (Ashlar) Shaped Stacked Stone Tomb (Ashlar) Stacked Stone Tomb (Riprap) Step-Stone Tomb (Large Stone) (Ashlar) Step-Stone Tomb (Large Stone) with Coffin Shaped Top (Ashlar) Step-Stone Tomb (Small Stone) with Headstone (Ashlar) Tent Grave (Slab Tent with Headstone and Footstone)
Tent Grave (Slab Tent without Headstone and Footstone)
Ledger Stones
Ledger Stone (Slab with Headstone and Footstone)
Ledger Stone (Slab without Headstone and Footstone)
Ledger Stone (Slab without Inscription)
Gravehouses and Graveshelters
Gravehouse (Wood on a Stone Foundation)
Grave Shelter (Wood)
| The typology of the Triangular Burial Monuments used here is based on a system developed by Lonsdale MacFarland Green of “Sewanee,” The University of the South, May 1999. |
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