
BUY BRITISH MEMORIALS
95%+ of all headstones currently erected in the UK are imported. Buying British stone helps support local businesses and is a fitting memorial to a loved one.
Buying British means you will be BUYING GREEN – An imported headstone has 2 to 5 times the embedded carbon (carbon footprint) compared to a British stone. Buying British means you will be BUYING ETHICALLY – Indian and Chinese quarries often have social conditions, labour practices, health and safety conditions and poor environmental protection. All our British stone comes from responsibly managed quarries all of which we have personally visited. Buying British means you will be BUYING BEAUTY – British stones fit into the landscape, environment and our churchyards better than imported stones.
the cerrig range of british stone
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memorial shapes and sizes
Because we make all our own headstones any of our stones can be ordered in any design, but we do also offer standard sizes and shapes. The examples shown below are available in all of our stones: Hopton Wood, Portland, Welsh and Cornish granite, Yorkstone and Welsh Slate. Our standard range of headstones with plinths are all 3" thick and are 30" high x 24" wide and for those fixed directly in the ground they are 32"– 42" above the ground and 18" – 22"– 24" wide.
We have a good supply of Welsh slate natural shaped headstones in stock, but we are also able to cut more "natural" shaped headstones on our waterjet cutters and chip the edges to give a bespoke natural look if nature hasn’t provided a stone which suits.
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headstone motifs and edges
We are also able to carve designs into the headstone for you using our CNC carving tools – just send us a pdf of the design that you want. Here are some examples of recent carving work we have undertaken. Slate, limestone and sandstone can be “V” carved, while granite is sandblasted on our CNC blasting machine.
Edges can be pitched to give a more natural “rock-like” feel to the stones. Slate edges cap be chipped to create a uniquely natural feel to the stone.