To think there is a grave in my garden?

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NC for this as the pics are outing.

Moved in to my house in April and it has what I thought is a really ugly raised bed in the garden. Now the summer has arrived I've realised it gets no sunshine on it at all so isn't a raised bed after all.

DD and I were pottering our there this afternoon and we came across this plaque on the raised bed.

WTF.

Is it a coincidence or is it a grave?!

Go and ask the NDN, pleeeaaase.

Memory garden I expect.

Not ashamed to placemark as im fascinated and need to know!

No idea but marking !

I’m guessing it’s a memorial garden, I have a small garden for my dog that I lost, it also has a plaque but my dog isn’t buried their.

Really hope it's just a memorial plaque

I have a similar plaque in my garden for my Dad. He's (his ashes) not in my garden but I planted a plant and put a plaque there as a memory.

....I also have a spare house key under the plaque

Place mark

Ugh op do you really dare to dig it up yourself? You could find something horrific, could you not hire a gardener in to do it?

Can you get someone to scan the plot for regards? Is there a local archeological society who may have metal detector or other scanners that can survey/x-Ray the land?

I'd do more research before digging

My mum's holiday cottage has a grave in the garden. Totally legal if you get the right permissions.

Place marking!

@MyKingdomforaNameChange really! What does it look like? Is it as ugly as this?

I'm sure my grandad has a metal detector. I'll see if he'll let me use it and give it a try!

Dig it up!

Ashes?

Google your address. I found out lots about our house!

It maybe where they scattered ashes

ohhhh placemarking!!

Things I would do:

If it’s a son then he would probably have had the same surname as her. That’s google fodder for a start.

To find out his first name you can search for funeral announcements or death notices in the paper for her death. Chances are they will say ‘Mother of X and the late Y’ for example. Having his first and surname is even more google fodder. You may then find a funeral notice for him!

I suspect it’s a memorial corner. My Neighbours have almost identical with a rose for their late DD. She is buried in the cemetery but the rose is something to remember her by at home and on her birthday they put a little candle in a jar under it.

It looks like a raised bed to me..

Oh my goodness!

Ask the neighbour before you dig!!!!