Pet gravestone
Category
Stone
Date
1850 - 1899
Materials
Stone
Measurements
410 x 260 mm
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 562926
Summary
Pet gravestone, inscribed 'Dear old Billy / found / drowned / at Mere / October [illegible]', second half 19th century.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust along with Stourhead House, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946. One of a group of pet gravestones found on the estate since 1946 and relocated to the South Garden.