It's another muggy day, and we've been back from Greenspond for a week now, so I suppose it's time to write a blog post! This trip was our second week in Greenspond this field season, right at the end of August, and we had a couple of things going on during this trip, and we… Continue reading Greenspond Historic Gravestone Preservation Project: Week 2, Old UC Cemetery
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New Anglican Cemetery Restoration, Greenspond, NL
Well folks, its been a pretty busy field season for us so far! Not as busy as last year, with the whole Trinity project on the go, but we've already done our fair share of driving across the province! Our big project at the moment is on the island of Greenspond, northwest of the capital… Continue reading New Anglican Cemetery Restoration, Greenspond, NL
The Trinity Project, Phase 2: St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard
This is an exciting blog post to write, just a few days after we've wrapped up Phase 2 of this project. Ages ago, we were contacted by the Trinity Historical Society (THS) to consult on the restoration of the St. Paul's Anglican Church's churchyard, located right in the heart of historic Trinity, NL. We visited… Continue reading The Trinity Project, Phase 2: St. Paul’s Anglican Churchyard
General Protestant Cemetery, St. John’s, NL
This August and early September we worked on our largest project to date, the restoration of four large monuments at the General Protestant Cemetery in St. John's. These markers were selected for restoration because of their obvious need for repair, as well as being significant figures in the history of St. John's. It was really… Continue reading General Protestant Cemetery, St. John’s, NL
The Samuel Daw Cross – Greenspond, NL
A couple of weeks ago, we had the pleasure of travelling to the island of Greenspond for the first time, to restore the iron cross made by Samuel Daw(e) in the early 20th century. Greenspond is a beautiful community about 4 hours from St. John's, but it was absolutely worth the drive. It was a… Continue reading The Samuel Daw Cross – Greenspond, NL
Fieldwork Trip to Bonavista: William Brown’s Headstone
Welcome to the first of hopefully many fieldwork trip blog posts! The original plan was to make the trip on Friday before, June 11th, but of course the first fieldwork trip of the season couldn't be that easy...and our car's transmission decided to die the day we had planned to go. Instead, we called every… Continue reading Fieldwork Trip to Bonavista: William Brown’s Headstone
Living Heritage Podcast x Black Cat
We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dale Jarvis of Heritage NL, on his podcast 'Living Heritage'. The show was first aired on CMHR radio here in Newfoundland, and was published as a podcast We spoke about our research in archaeology and heritage, our PhD programs, and all about gravestone conservation and what you… Continue reading Living Heritage Podcast x Black Cat
Black Cat Cemetery Preservation 