#old burial ground

[swforester]

A visit to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. This beautiful cemetery features striking old gravestones near the historic church and enchanting 19th century monuments and tombs throughout the grounds. This church is an important part of Washington Irving's classic tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Considered one of America's first ghost stories, it features a headless horseman who terrorizes a hapless schoolmaster named Ichabod Crane. Believe it or not this town's school mascot IS the Headless Horseman. It is said he never misses a game.

Sleepy Hollow NY 6/30/23

#Washington Irving #headless horseman #the legend of sleepy hollow #old burial ground #american folklore #sleepy hollow NY

[myhauntedsalem]

Old Burial Ground

If you thought this only happened in the movies, then you would be dead wrong. Helen Weisensel, a woman from Jefferson County, Wisconsin, discovered a long-forgotten cemetery underneath her house. During repairs to the foundations of the house, a workman was surprised when he uncovered the human skull of a man buried in the 1840s. The remains of a small child and more were eventually uncovered. After an investigation it was revealed that the cemetery had been sold many years before, and at the time it was a common practice to only move the headstones and any prominent citizens, but to leave the rest of the graves behind.

Despite what you must be thinking, Weisensel claims that she hasn’t experienced anything weird or paranormal inside her home thus far, and after a fifteen-month delay her home was fully repaired regardless of the bodies still resting beneath it.

#Old Burial Ground #ghost and hauntings #paranormal #ghost and spirits #haunted locations #haunted salem #myhauntedsalem #haunted cemeteries

[capecodadventurepictures]

Gravestones in Boylston 06/15/23

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#2023 #boylston #Cemetery #Graves #Graves in Color #Gravestones #Headstones #Old Burial Ground

[thesehauntedhills]

Salem, Massachusetts

Where Giles Cory was crushed to death in execution for witchcraft.

#salem witch trials #haunted #giles corey #Howard st cemetery #Old burial ground

[vamprlestat]

design for the track ‘fall for me’ by sleep token | whale fall | from here to eternity, caitlin doughty | midtnight mass, mike flanagan | the amber spyglass, philip pullman

#i was reading about this place will become your tomb and how they used a whale fall as the design for fall for me #and that instantly reminded me about from here to eternity #that book made me realize i want a natural burial #like just wrap me in a cloth and bury me in a hole in the ground and let nature consume me until there’s nothing left #and later that same day i rewatched episode 4 of midnight mass which has that amazing riley monologue about what happens after we die #AND THEN it got me thinking about this passage from his dark materials #that was probably the first time i came into contact with the idea of our atoms going back to the world when we die #little old 13 years old me read that and still thinks about it today #anyway #the whole idea of our bodies having a purpose in death #love that #sleep token has me constantly receiving psychic damage since i started listening to them about a month ago #sleep token #caitlin doughty #from here to eternity #midnight mass #his dark materials

[timmurleyart]

Old burial ground in beautiful Rockport. 🪦🍃🌞

#rockport #rockport ma #new england #New England landscape #new england life #burial #burial ground #old cemetery #old graveyard #graveyard #graveyards #cemetery #cemeteries #tombstone #tombstones #colonial #colonial america #colonial era #boston photographer #boston artist #landscape photography #ocean view #ocean vibes #room with a view #beautiful views #cape ann #summer days #perfect day #Sunny day #landscape photoset

[blueiskewl]

A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Sanctuary and Burial Ground Uncovered in France

Empty tombs where skeletons had long since dissolved. A ditch where devoted offerings deteriorated. Traces of the Roman empire’s rule over western France echoing through the ages.

These traces of faded glory reemerged as archaeologists excavated an area of La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz, the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research said in an April 4 news release.

La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz is a small city near Rennes and about 210 miles southwest of Paris. Rennes was established by the Roman empire around the end of the first century B.C., French officials reported in an archaeological atlas for the area.

Archaeologists found evidence of an important Roman occupation site at La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz, the release said. The ruins included a sanctuary, thermal bathhouse and burial ground.

The roughly 2,000-year-old sanctuary was dedicated to Mars, the Roman god of war, and built at the start of the Roman period, experts said. A statue of Mars and numerous weapons, such as swords and spearheads, were unearthed at the sanctuary. The weapons were likely left as offerings by devoted soldiers.

The nearby thermal bathhouse was a wooden, public building, archaeologists said. Everyday objects, such as pottery, were buried there.

A short distance away, archaeologists located a burial ground, or necropolis, a relatively unexpected find, the release said. The burial ground had 40 tombs. Photos show a few of these long, rectangular graves.

The necropolis was about 1,500 years old and used during the third and fourth centuries, experts said. By the fourth century, the entire site was abandoned.

No skeletons were found at the necropolis, archaeologists said. The bones had dissolved in the acidic soil, but traces of the occupants lingered in the form of grave goods.

The studded soles of a pair of shoes were unearthed in one tomb, experts said and photos show. Another person was buried with glass and ceramic vases. Someone else’s tomb had rich items, including silver bracelets, pins and belt buckles. In another grave, a dagger and parts of a horse harness were unearthed.

After excavating the site, archaeologists did an inventory of their finds and took the items to a laboratory for further study, the release said. All told, they found seven pieces of terracotta architectural elements, 35 pieces of pottery, 12 iron swords, 4 billhooks, a sickle and over 700 other artifacts.

About half of the ancient weapons were found at a ditch near the sanctuary, and the other half were found at the burial grounds.

The metal finds will require special treatment for preservation, the study said. Research on the artifacts is ongoing.

By ASPEN PFLUGHOEFT.

#A 2000-Year-Old Roman Sanctuary and Burial Ground Uncovered in France #ancient tomb #ancient grave #ancient necropolis #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #roman history #roman empire

[extinctionblues]

Another example of the soul effigy on a white marble gravestone. Marble was plentiful in Vermont so many of the gravestones from this period were made from it.

Bennington VT 2016

#old gravestones #old burial grounds #cold winter #soul effigy

[scotianostra]

I pride myself in knowing my Scottish history, and especially Edinburgh, not boasting but among my friends on Facebook  I know more than average, Alistair Dawson and Mark McDonald are up there with me, and then there is the main man  in the first pic here, Colin Cargill. Colin took me for lunch on Monday, Haggis Neeps and Tatties at the Guildford Arms, it was delicious. We took a wee walk after to Old Calton Burial Ground on Waterloo Place, that's the one you see when crossing North Bridge, with the obelisk that is The Martyrs Monument, which remembers Scots who  strived for political reform in the 18th century. Anyway, Colin told me the history of the graveyard, after the part of Edinburgh we know as the New Town was built you still had to go through slum areas on the Canongate and High Street to get there, this was until they built a road, which ran/runs from Portobello, London Road. This  now splits at Montrose Terrace going up Regent Road to what is now Waterloo Place, they had a problem here as the graveyard barred their way to Princes Street. They solved this by building the road right through it in 1818. Don;t worry the graves on that part were dug up and moved down Regent Road to a "new" site,  now known as New Calton Burial Ground. Now until Monday it amazes me that I did not know that on the other side of Waterloo Place, next to Howies restaurant is a small part of Old Calton Burial Ground, I can't for the life of me know how I missed this, having more or less walked past the gates on Calton Hill, literary hundreds of times, the entrance is tucked between the rear of Howies and The Parliament House hotel. It's the wee road that comes out at Calton Road/Leith Street is, The Black Bull pub sits there. So it shows that coming up for 58 years old I am still learning things about the city I love. Colin is a guide on the Tour buses you see around Edinburgh, one of the few with a live guide, rather than a recording and headphones. He is also involved with Edinburgh World Heritage an independent charity that aims to ensure the city's World Heritage  status benefits everyone. Colin has also guided tours through Greyfriars Kirkyard, working closely with, now correct me if I wrong Colin, Dr Susan Buckham Graveyards Project Manager with the charity. Colin has invited me to jump on the tour bus with him sometime in the spring, I look forward to doing so and grabbing pics from a perspective I would not normally enjoy.

#Edinburgh #Scotland #Graveyard #New Town #history #old calton burial ground #phone pics #waterloo place

[swforester]

The Old Burying Ground

Lexington MA 12/9/23

#soul effigy #old burial ground #old gravestones

[sulphurousvisions]

Aberfoyle Old Parish & Burial Ground and the supposed grave of Rev. Robert Kirk Scotland

Kentmere 400

#35mm #film photography #photographers on tumblr #black and white #monochrome #aberfoyle #aberfoyle old parish & burial ground #cemetery #graveyard #robert kirk #rev. robert kirk #reverend robert kirk #scotland #kentmere 400 #nature #spirit

[capecodadventurepictures]

Gravestones in Sandwich 09/26/23

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#2023 #Cemetery #Graves #Graves in Color #Gravestones #Headstones #Old Town Burial Ground

[vermilliongrey]

Salem 2017

#salem #me #old burial hill #marblehead #cemetery #gothic #tombstones #burial ground #east coast #massachusetts

[aezyrraeshh]

the last thing i expected to find on a skeleton in some long forgotten cave is.. cheese

#you think you are going to the dragon burial ground to find dragon remains? nah you go there to find some old ass cheese #nico plays wotr #nico.txt

[bigcitiesonfoot]

48 Hours in Boston

With its narrow one-way streets, hidden alleys and who-knows-what around every corner, downtown Boston is tailor-made for exploring on foot. In fact, the first thing a podcast mentioned was that this is an awful city to rent a car in - the colonial made-for-horse'n'buggy streets and aggressive drivers there make that car rental insurance they push on you mandatory.

Most websites list the Freedom Trail as the top attraction in Boston, and I'd have to agree - it is a great way to explore a ton of historic sites and the city in general. A line of red bricks guarantees you won't lose the trail, but I definitely encourage taking a few turns and exploring some of the side streets and alleys, especially in the area near The Bell in the Hand (established in 1795, supposedly the oldest continuously operating bar in the US, though some websites differ on this). My favorite parts of the trail were the three old cemeteries, all of which look like they're from a Stephen King horror flick and have graves dating to the late 1600's (including the graves of Paul Revere, Samuel Adams and other noteworthy patriots).

I had recently watched the Netflix series "This Is a Robbery," so I had to check out the Isabell Gardner Museum. True to the series, the 17 empty frames left behind in the $500 million unsolved heist are here, just hanging out empty! But I wasn't expecting the museum to be as awesome as it is (the series definitely did not do the museum justice here). It felt like wandering a huge mansion with all sorts of century old furniture, statues, display cases of artifacts and curios and a paradise-like courtyard. I didn't know much about the art history here, but did recognize some of the big names here from that college general ed course - Rembrandt, Raphael and Matisse to name a few.

The mandatory food requirement in Boston is the lobster roll sandwich, and I tried two (The Bell in Hand and Saltie Girl), both of which were delicious. For Boston Cream Pie go the original source, The Omni Parker Hotel, which is so haunted they will give you a list at check-in desk of the various hauntings over the years. Mike's Pastries also worth checking out!

If you're into the haunted and paranormal, check out the Ghosts and Gravestones tour (do a night booking!) - a trolley tour with a few stops in the old cemeteries and some Boston horror tales thrown in while on the ride.

#boston #freedom trail #lobster roll #paul revere #samuel adams #granary cemetery #copps burial ground #cemeteries #gravestones #boston common #patriot #bell in the hand #old north church #cheers #ghostsandgravestones #citytrolleytour

[secondsofpleasure]

burial ground / 5.2022

#philadelphia #philly #old city #christ church #burial ground #christ church burial ground #cemetery #sky #trees