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Tombstone Type Scavenger Hunt!

Find at least 5 different types of tombstones on our trip to the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery. Record the name, birth date, and death date or include a description if this information is not present. f you see a different type of tombstone, s!etch the shape in the "#hape$ column and %i&e it a name that you feel is appropriate' Tombstone Type Standard Tablet Stone (common, rectan%ular, set directly into %round or base) Domed Tablet Stone (shaped li!e a standard tablet, but *ith a rounded top) Shouldered Tablet Stone (shaped li!e a standard tablet, but *ith an an%ular top) Gothic Tablet Stone (shaped li!e a standard tablet, but *ith an ornate, decorati&e top) Standard Obelisk (narro*, four+sided, column+li!e monuments, tapered, and come to a point at the top) Vaulted Obelisk (similar to a standard obelis!, but not tapered at the top, ends *ith an arch+li!e point) lat !arker (rectan%ular, flush to the %round, usually %ranite or metal) "edger Stone (similar to a flat mar!er, but often co&ers most of the %ra&e, not necessarily flush to the %round) Slant !arker (has a *ide base that an%les up to a tapered top, resembles an upri%ht headstone, thou%h thic!er and shorter) #evel $or %illo&' !arker (similar to a slant mar!er, but it has a less steep an%le, bac! ed%e is raised t*o to four inches hi%her than front ed%e, also loo!s li!e a flat mar!er) Other( Inscription Information

f you need more room, continue on the bac! of the *or!sheet.