Details of the east-leaning transect for site sampling in the study spanning
England and Scotland are provided in this chapter, detailing the methods deployed in
the research. This includes an outline of site and field methods used at the six locations
and 13 sites comprised in this study. Outputs for the study are also relayed, entailing
digital photographs of each upright headstone and location maps at a scale of 1:500. A
database of information has been developed through various site visits since 2006.
Inferential statistics are used to define the correlation of headstone dimensions with age
at death or year of death.
Keywords: Correlation analysis, Database, Digital photography, Headstones,
Seriation, Site maps, Site sampling, Urban churchyards/kirkyards.
