Drawing a Graveyard Plan



Guidelines


Introduction

Toolkit

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7



Stage 7

Continue the procedure throughout the graveyard, adapting as necessary to suit individual requirements, until the whole graveyard has been surveyed.

Add indicators for the scale and the direction of north, and perhaps a grid reference for the location of the graveyard.

References

Further details about drawing a graveyard plan can be found in:

'How to Record Scottish Graveyards', by Betty Willsher, 1985, ISBN 0-901352-09-8, published by The Council for Scottish Archaeology.

Making a graveyard plan (The Carved Stones Advisor Project). Download from The document list at the foot of this web page.

Some simple geometry might help to produce an accurate plan.

 
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stage one of the plan


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