grave markers. Similar later grave markers have been found in Scandinavia. In Cornwall similar stones are known as coped stones.

Geography and description

Hogbacks take the form of recumbent monuments, generally with a curved ('hogbacked') ridge, often also with outwardly curved sides. This shape, and the fact that they are frequently decorated with 'shingles' on either side of the central ridge, show that they

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