Dan Herbert’s cottage, perhaps
I think, the low-lintelled cottage that I had visited was that one, still standing on the far end of the block, possibly built by Dan in conjunction with his workshop. Perhaps it was a quiet place to be after arguments about the money. He would have built a workshop because he was a monumental mason.
The Angel on Sarah Ann Ellis’ Grave
Sarah Ann’s angel is tender, personal, idiosyncratic … she tells us that the mason was empathic; that he was sad for this family who had lost their baby girl at one month old. She holds her trumpet and wreath, the symbol of her victory over death as she flies up towards Heaven. It is said Dan Herbert carved the head and footstones; if so, it is clear that he had learned his trade among the gravestones of an ancient people elsewhere in the world.