burial ground

noun

: an area of land where dead people have been buried
an ancient burial ground

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Nearby are the Druidical worship sites of Avebury and Stonehenge; there is a Celtic burial ground hidden in one of Ashcombe's deep, romantic coombes. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026 In 1918, a neighboring property sale recorded inaccurate boundaries that improperly absorbed the cemetery into an adjacent parcel — the first of decades of land transfers that gradually left the burial ground isolated and inaccessible. Kamal Morgan. Produced With Ai Assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026 There was also the time that it was used as a burial ground for some of the town’s earliest inhabitants. Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026 While researching in Savannah, Georgia, Jackson experienced a mysterious illness during a ghost tour in Taylor Square, a former African American burial ground. Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for burial ground

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“Burial ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burial%20ground. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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