Tynemouth Priory Graveyard, Tyne and Wear
Visited September 2014
Tynemouth Priory and Castle is an English Heritage site on the north-east coast of England - funnily enough, it's at the mouth of the River Tyne. There's been a religious site there since about the 7th century, although the present ruins date from about the 11th century, and the castle a little later. There are also remains of a later lighthouse and coastal defenses on the site.
To the seaward side of the priory ruins is a graveyard, which mainly seems to date from the Victorian, period and maybe a bit earlier. Most of the gravestones are weathered, thanks to their clifftop location where the salty sea winds have scoured their surfaces flat, but traces of some inscriptions remain. The graveyard isn't in use any more, but I haven't been able to find out when the last burials took place.
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