£150k ‘Cat’s gravestone’ bought by Somerset Museum

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A stone carving used as a cat’s gravestone has been bought by a Somerset museum for £150,000.

The limestone panel of St Peter was found at a quarry by an Ilminster builder, who used it as a grave marker in his garden after his tabby cat died.

The importance of the medieval relief, which is…

Amazing what some may have in their own gardens…

£150k ‘Cat’s gravestone’ bought by Somerset Museum