| Marker Number |
4034 |
| Atlas Number |
5439004034 |
| Marker Title |
Pioneer Stone Burial Cairns (at Mount Gilead Cemetery) |
| Index Entry |
Pioneer Stone Burial Cairns , (at Mount Gilead Cemetery) |
| Address |
Bancroft Road & J.T. Ottinger |
| City |
Keller |
| County |
Tarrant |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
666261 |
| UTM Northing |
3647036 |
| Subject Codes |
design and construction; cemetery |
| Marker Year |
1983 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Bancroft Road at J.T. Ottinger Rd., Mt. Gilead Cemetery, Keller |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Scattered throughout many of the pioneer cemeteries in Texas are unusual stone structurers, or burial cairns, built by the early settlers to memorialize their dead. Primarily surface structures of native stone, the cairns vary in design and workmanship. Their use, however, is representative of traditional burial customs prevalent in the South during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Although their specific purpose and origin are subject to theory, cairns such as these are outstanding examples of pioneer lore and tradition. |
