Old Burial Hill - Marblehead MA
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nomadwillie
N 42° 30.626 W 070° 50.742
19T E 348368 N 4708102
The burial ground also contains the remains of a victim of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials
Waymark Code: WMQ7Z4
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 01/06/2016
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14. Old Burial Hill, just beyond the Old Brig on Orne St., dates from 1638 and contains the graves of no less than 600 Revolutionary heroes. The low white Obelisk on the crest of the hill honors 65 Marblehead fisherman who lost their lives in a great gale in 1846. From the hill is obtained a panoramic view of Marblehead Harbor, the summer yachting center of the eastern seaboard.
pp. 278 Massachusetts: a Guide to its Places and People, 1937
Old Burial Hill is located amid a lot of residential properties. Other than the build up of properties, with Marblehead being a very much desired place to live, it probably is not much different than it was in the 1600's.
Book: Massachusetts
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 278
Year Originally Published: 1937
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