David Doane 1748

headstone before cleaning headstone after cleaning tympanum

HERE LIES BURIED
Ye BODY OF Doct'r
DAVID DOANE
WHO DIED NOV'R.
Ye 18 1748
IN THE 74th YEAR
OF HIS AGE

The title of Doctor rarely is found on very old gravestones.

LOCATION - No. 5 on EHS 1976 Cove survey map
MATERIAL - slate
HEADSTONE - 19" W, 22" H, 2" D
FOOTSTONE - none
CONDITION - lichen growth
COMMENTS - The two top photos show the headstone before and after several cleanings with D/2 Biological Solution from 2006 to 2009. The headstone back and edges were encased in resin bonded fiberglass applied about 1977. The fiberglass backing was removed October 2008.


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