Helpful information for "gravers" who always run into stones that are difficult to read. As you'll read in this timely article (lots of gravers will be out in great numbers as soon as it warms up a little) the only thing that you should put on a gravestone is sunlight! It's a method that I've used effectively many times.
UpFront with NGS: How to read the unreadable Gravestone Headstone Tombstone Grave Marker Cemetery Stone, guest post by Anthony Bengston.
- English: Gravestone on the wall of Barmston Church Very weather worn, and made out of some kind of limestone it is almost unreadable now. Though it's been here since the 1720's, so I'm not surprised. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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- English: Headstone, old graveyard, Glenarm (2) See 357084. This headstone, although not so clear in the photo, is in excellent condition and is easy to read. The first death recorded in that of Felix Mulvenna in 1829 at the age of 90. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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