burial ground

Noun

Meaning

a tract of land used for burials

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burial-ground

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A possible Roman 4th century church and associated burial ground was also discovered at Butt Road on the south-west outskirts of Colchester during the construction of the new police station there, overlying an earlier pagan cemetery. Source: Internet

Changes took place in burial customs, a new type of burial ground spread from Germanic to Estonian areas, and stone cist graves and cremation burials became increasingly common, alongside a small number of boat-shaped stone graves. Source: Internet

Before that the site was used as a burial ground for monks, one of whom – still in remarkable condition – has been carefully and temporarily uncovered in his chalk-lined grave by the archaeological team. Source: Internet

An ambulance shall be used for the transportation of the body to the cremation or burial ground. Source: Internet

That got me remembering a chemical spill in Utah that killed a bunch of sheep (these were canisters on their way to some burial ground; they fell off the truck and ruptured). Source: Internet

He flipped to page 19, which assessed the value of a plot of land that Bayard owned, a so-called “negro burial ground.” Source: Internet

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