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All through the 18th and 19th centuries, and down to the present day, the headstone has been the commonest form of grave-monument in use in Scotland, and no doubt in Britain as a whole, but no one seems yet to have asked exactly when it first appeared, from what earlier type of monument it was derived, or why it came to enjoy such especial favour. It is the purpose of this paper to explore such questions as these, and if possible to place the headstone in its proper historical setting.
Angus Graham (1960) studied this question.