SacredStone Headstone Re Lettering Restorations & Grave Cleaning

03/10/2025

🌿Now that the very long cold winter has moved on till next year, we are back to restore your loved ones headstones. As alot of you will understand, the winter weather makes it impossible to achieve the quality of work we do for you. We will also be having my daughter Jade ,continuing to gain her knowledge to restore your monuments. Anyone I have not yet got back in contact with , we will, we are working through the emails & msg's... 🌿

28/06/2025

Whether on a sandstone-strewn building site overlooking a city, a windswept football field or a warm pub, Brian Doyle drew…

21/06/2025

🌿AN INSIGHT TO THE SYMBOLISM( part 2)
The Celtic Knot
The most common way Celtic knots are seen on headstones is within the design of a Celtic cross.
🌿Interconnectedness and Eternity:
Celtic knots, with their continuous lines and lack of beginning or end, symbolize the eternal cycle of life, death, and rebirth. They emphasize the interconnectedness of all things and the enduring nature of the spirit.
🌿 Pagan Roots:
The Celtic knot's origins lie in pre-Christian Celtic culture, reflecting their belief in the cyclical nature of existence. ( Crookwell Cemetery)

20/06/2025

🌿AN INSIGHT TO THE SYMBOLISM ( part 1) 🌿
Irish Catholic headstone symbolism in Australia, often incorporates Celtic crosses, which represents both the Irish Heritage & Christian faith.These carvings & inscriptions tell stories of faith, love & remembrance, reflecting both Catholic beliefs & Irish cultural traditions. The CELTIC CROSS, a cross within a circle, is a prominate symbol, especially of those of Irish descent.It combines the Christian cross with a circle & is associated with St.Patrick's effort to merge pagan & Christian beliefs. To be cont.. ( photo : Crookwell Cemetery)

15/06/2025

15/06/2025

A cold wet day here at Yass Cemetery, but still beautiful🌧.
Also a big thankyou to Yass & District Historical Society Inc for the opportunity yesterday to be able to talk about the headstone restorations..🌧

13/06/2025

☘️ Yass Catholic Cemetery Digitally Mapped for the First Time

YVHC member William Delaney has mapped the entire Yass Catholic Cemetery and created a GIS database linking Irish families, historical records and their stories. It’s never been done here before — and you’ll be the first to see William’s extraordinary research this weekend at our Digging up an Irish Past event.

Then following a short recess, Catherine Ward of SacredStone Headstone Re Lettering Restorations & Grave Cleaning, will join us to share her work restoring headstones across the Southern Tablelands. 🪦✨

📅 Saturday 14 June, 2pm (AEST)
🖥️ Live on Zoom

🎟️ Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/1399401

Free for YVHC Members / $10 for Non-Members

20/05/2025

BRIAN DOYLE STONEMASONS is Crookwell based & will create new graves, repair old, plaques & much more, give Robyn a call for any queries ( 0408 254 177) & also SacredStone Headstone Re Lettering Restorations & Grave Cleaning for your headstone inscription Restorations..

04/05/2025

🌿Out n about on a magnificent autumn sunday morning, meeting families of loved ones for headstone Restorations..
Marulan Cemetery..🌿

20/04/2025

✨ A 2025 Canberra & Region Heritage Festival Event

🪦 Yass Graveside Yarns – where history’s triumphs, scandals, and secrets come to life! Walk among the headstones of the historic Yass Cemetery and hear the fascinating stories of early Yass Valley residents, from explorer Hamilton Hume to the notorious William Munday.

Led by experienced guides from the Yass Valley History Centre, this 90-minute tour is packed with storytelling, surprises, and unforgettable local history.

📆 11am, Sunday 27 April 2025

🎟 Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/1335501

Bookings essential.