The pointed top gives it the appearance of an ordinary grave marker, but the carved surface beneath tells a different story. What stands in the grass here began its life as an armorial plaque, possibly dating to the seventeenth century, and was only later reworked into its current form, trimmed and repurposed to serve the dead in a more conventional way.

The decoration carved into the stone follows the conventions of heraldry with some precision. A shield occupies the centre, its original motifs now faded beyond clear reading. Above the shield sits a helmet with a mantle, the flowing cloth-like decoration that frames a helm in formal heraldic display, along with a plaited cord and tassel. The helm itself is closed and faces sideways, details that carry specific meaning in the heraldic system. A closed visor on a sideways-facing helm was the standard indicator of an esquire or gentleman, ranks just below the knightly class, as opposed to the full-face position reserved for knights and higher. Whoever commissioned this plaque originally was signalling social standing, though the fading of the shield's motifs means the specific family it belonged to can no longer be easily identified.