Hollywood Cemetery

I drove through Hollywood Cemetery because a friend of mine had to write a paper on an aspect of the cemetery.  As I drove through I saw what could possibly be modern day production of ancient earth art.

Dolmen

As we learned in class, dolmens were tombs basically made-up of post-and-lintel stones usually for a person of importance.  Although I do not know who the this tomb is for or if a person is actually buried within, I saw this as a modern day dolmen.  Using classical elements the entablature and columns are used as posts and lintels.  The tomb isn't open like the dolmens we saw in class but as with ancient dolmens the structure signifies importance.

Menhir

We did learn that a modern example of menhirs is a row of tombstones, thus I decided to add it in.  This cemetery was beside Hollywood Cemetery past a metal fence, so I don't know if it is actually part of Hollywood Cemetery or not.  Yet, I took this picture because it seems the "menhirs" are never ending.

Cairn

This modern cairn is a memorial for the Confederate Soldiers buried in Hollywood Cemetery.  I do not know if there is anything within the structure, but like an Egyptian pyramid the stones are stacked to a point.  In comparison to the Egyptian pyramids, this structure is strange since the base isn't that wide.  Also, it was an accident that I even found it.  I had learned about this structure a couple years ago in a Richmond Architecture class, but complete forgot about it since then.  Luckily, I stopped with my friend to look at some nearby tombstones, looked up, and was amazed by a huge and somewhat random pyramid in Richmond.