Gateway covered with a roof in an English-style churchyard
A lych gate in Ceredigion, Wales, decorated for a wedding
A lychgate (from Old English līc, corpse) or resurrection gate[1] is a covered gateway found at the entrance to a traditional English or English-style churchyard. Examples also exist outside the British Isles in places such as Newfoundland,[2] the Upland South[3] and Texas[4] in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Norway,[5] and Sweden.
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