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 Last additions - Preservation techniques |
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Ryan PlotAug 06, 2010
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LEENear the Road
LEE
Family PlotAug 06, 2010
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Stones found under the earth
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brought up to the light of dayAug 06, 2010
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Volunteer Members
Les Mancell and Tom Millard
prodding for stones hidden under
the soil, discuss the techniques
to raise the stones to view.Aug 01, 2010
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DOUNIEOSA ~ MAIN SECTION
Corneilius Dounie
Stone found very deep underground.Jul 31, 2010
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TEWKESBURY - RITCHIE
pic # 2 Preservation of a flat marker !
*the grass and soil was cut away from
the marker at an angle and a good
distance from the edges.
*sample of some of the tools to use
*time>>about 1/2 hour to finish.
**it will be bordered with a
bed of gravel screenings to keep
machines and debris away from it.
Jul 26, 2010
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pic # 1 TEWKESBURY - RITCHIE
SANDRA GAIL TEWKESBURY
1942 ~ 1962
Preservation of a marker!
*being a flat grave marker, this was
slowly being overgrown with grass
and soil.
*it is now cleared and viewable
Jul 26, 2010
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Old M.L. Ward E
*flat tablet style grave stone of
Ellen Jane Ogle (1873)
lying flat, slowing being covered
by grass and dirt.
*Needs to be raised and laid in
a bed of gravel screenings.
Jul 25, 2010
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Old St. A's > outside the Circle
*proud of a job well done, Dennis & Paul
are finished with this heavy tablet. More
still to do in this area. Notice the broken
tablet lying on the ground.Jul 25, 2010
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Old St. A's> outside the Circle
*Paul & Dennis check out the angles and
security of the base and tablet.
*notice that they use the base as a wall
to help secure the tablet upright.
Jul 25, 2010
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Old St. A's>outside the Circle
*Paul & Dennis are finishing
up back filling the base and
upright tablet with crushed
gravel screenings.
*This takes quite a large amount of gravel
to make the monuments stay
upright and stable.
Jul 25, 2010
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Old St. A's>outside the Circle
*Paul Thorpe & Dennis Zink work
on raising and leveling the base of
the stone. This is heavy work.
**in the background a group are
working with an engine lift to raise
a large heavy base.
Jul 25, 2010
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