Lunette - Ashford's Charlie Brown Carver LbNA #41867
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 16, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Eastford |
| County: | Windham |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Nomad Indian Saint  |
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| Found by: | Hez, Grumpy and Mona |
| Last found: | May 8, 2022 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Oct 25, 2015 |
Have you ever marveled at the 18 and early 19th century headstones of our ancestors? The colonial burying grounds of New England represent some of the most wondrous carvings and are treasure troves of information and beauty of many kinds. The stones are the “persisting symbols of an art form that is largely indigenous, that reached a high level of abstract complexity and beauty that died away in an amazingly short period of time.”
The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. In the Old Ashford and Eastford burying grounds are a large number of charming folk stones. The cherubim depicted on these stones have roundheads, somewhat Halloween-like faces and sometimes amusing pig-tails. The variety of faces and designs is considerable and the lettering is neatly and carefully done. This carver worked both in granite and in a stone that contained considerable amounts of iron, so that many of the stones are attractively stained with what appears to be iron oxide. Let’s find a stone carved by this carver.
Old Eastford Buying Ground – Eastford, CT
From the main gate go 14 paces due east to stone representative of the Ashford’s Charlie Brown’s carving. From here take a reading of 70 degrees and go behind the tree under the top stone in wall. Remove 1 stone. Please respect the cemetery while visiting.
The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. In the Old Ashford and Eastford burying grounds are a large number of charming folk stones. The cherubim depicted on these stones have roundheads, somewhat Halloween-like faces and sometimes amusing pig-tails. The variety of faces and designs is considerable and the lettering is neatly and carefully done. This carver worked both in granite and in a stone that contained considerable amounts of iron, so that many of the stones are attractively stained with what appears to be iron oxide. Let’s find a stone carved by this carver.
Old Eastford Buying Ground – Eastford, CT
From the main gate go 14 paces due east to stone representative of the Ashford’s Charlie Brown’s carving. From here take a reading of 70 degrees and go behind the tree under the top stone in wall. Remove 1 stone. Please respect the cemetery while visiting.