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Ancient Burying Ground

Historic site in Barnstable, Massachusetts, US

Field	Value
name	Ancient Burying Ground
image	BarnstableMA_AncientBuryingGround.jpg
location	Phinney's Lane, Barnstable, Massachusetts
coordinates
locmapin	Cape Cod#Massachusetts#USA
area	0.75 acre
added	March 13, 1987
mpsub	Barnstable MRA
refnum	87000283
<ref name	"nris"

The Ancient Burying Ground (or Phinney's Lane Cemetery) is a historical cemetery at Phinney's Lane in Barnstable, Massachusetts. It is the oldest cemetery in the village of Centerville, and the only surviving civic element of its colonial origins. was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Description and history

Centerville's Ancient Burying Ground is located in the northern part of the village, on the northwest side of Phinney's Lane between Main Street and the Old Post Road. It is a roughly rectangular lot 0.75 acre in size. The street side is lined with a split-rail fence, while the northwest and southwest sides are fringed by trees, which separate the cemetery from surrounding residential development. A private drive extends along the northeast side, leading to a private residence set behind the cemetery. Gravestones are generally oriented facing toward the street. Older gravestones in the cemetery are slate with either skull or winged-angel motif, while later markers are of marble or granite. The oldest marked grave in the cemetery is that of Jonathan Hamblen in 1743.

The cemetery is the only surviving civic element of Centerville's early colonial history.

References

{{NRISref. 2008a
"MACRIS inventory record and NRHP nomination for Ancient Burying Ground". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
"Barnstable Multiple Resource Area Document". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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