0 a public monument (= special statue or building) built in memory of particular people who died in war, often with their names written on it --
A cenotaph was placed in the front of the cemetery, which now is the back of the cemetery at the treeline.
You can have some nice views from the terrace in front of the cenotaph.
The cenotaph consisted of two long light grey granite slabs, with the shorter ends formed by sandwiching a smaller slab between the longer two.
The octagonal marble screen or "jali" which borders the cenotaphs is made from eight marble panels which have been carved through with intricate pierce work.
Roman military honours were not awarded posthumously, but those won during a soldier's lifetime were often proudly shown on his sarcophagus or cenotaph.
Names of the fallen are engraved on the plaques of the cenotaph as a token of tribute to their sacrifices.
How far that would apply in the case of crosses, cenotaphs and tablets which have no use apart from their memorial value is by no means certain.
We need more than cenotaphs.
