2025

SU0995 : Bale tomb in Latton Churchyard

taken 11 months ago, near to Latton, Wiltshire, England

Bale tomb in Latton Churchyard
Bale tomb in Latton Churchyard
A banded bale with four bands at middle and four at each end, area in between reversed diagonal sections; shell end niches. Chest has elaborate corner bulging balusters. You can just discern John Lyne d. 1 Nov 17 and wife Grace d. 17
Listing NGR SU0932095769 GV II.
Bale tombs

A special feature of the East Cotswolds, a bale tomb is a chest tomb with a semicircular capping stone, originally said to represent a wool bale but more likely to represent a funeral pall cloth which covered the bier. Their dates range from the early 1660s to the 1770s. Most were constructed by three families of master masons using stone quarried from Burford and the surrounding villages. There are 106 examples in 45locations
Badham, S. (2023) ‘Bale tombs in eastern Cotswolds churchyards’, Journal of the Church Monuments Society, 37(1), pp. 66–115.


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Religious sites Burial ground, Crematorium
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SU0995, 68 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Basher Eyre   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 1 March, 2025   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 1 March, 2025
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SU 0932 9578 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:39.6437N 1:51.9995W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SU 0932 9577
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