Monolithic

It is perhaps not surprising that the centrepiece of the new Shrewsbury Cemetery in the suburb of Emstrey (built in the late fifties) should be a monolith with a set of civic loggerheads on one side.  The piece was created for the millennium, in 2000.

However that does contrast with the fact that the old (19th century) Shrewsbury Cemetery, in Longden Road, has no loggerheads anywhere in it. Odd.

The three loggerheads look rather unhappy, don't they? They are also of the type that have the sharp (not rounded) ears.

On the obverse of this monolith is an pictorial impression of the town - with its three oldest extant churches (St Mary's, St Alkmund's and St Julian's) represented, along with the town walls.

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