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The feature below was first shown on my website on 16 August 1998

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Images of Wales

Sunday, 16 August 1998



Dan-y-graig Cemetery, Swansea, Glamorgan

Photography by John Ball - 5 August 1998
(with Agfa ePhoto307 digital camera)

This large municipal cemetery was opened in the mid 19th century. It looks out over Swansea Bay from the slopes of Kilvey Hill above Swansea's dockland. Many of those interred here have maritime connections.

Gatehouse

Above: The gatehouse and entrance to the cemetery.


Chapel

Above: One of the cemetery's two derelict non-denominational chapels.
Beyond are the heather-covered slopes of Kilvey Hill.


Dan-y-graig Cemetery

Above: The cemetery is home to thousands of graves.


Monumental scupltures

Above: Some of the gravestones are monumental sculptures - works of art in their own
right. Note the anchor on the tall monument on the right.


Chapel and war memorialCemetery gardens

Above: The chapel and war memorial (left), and the colourful and well-tended gardens (right).


Norwegian gravestone

Above: A small area of the cemetery is dedicated to Norwegian seamen.
The gravestone marks the final resting place of Olaf Berg, born on 14 October 1901.
He died on 30 June 1917, just 4 months before his 16th birthday - a tragic victim of
the Great War.


Towards Swansea Bay and the Mumbles

Above: The view looking out over the cemetery towards Swansea Bay and the Mumbles,
shimmering in the summer sunshine.

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