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shape, with 330 feet (100 m) of road frontage lined by a stone wall of cut granite about 4 feet (1.2 m) high. The wall is set off from the road by a row of mature maple trees, and has a single entry gate flanked by granite posts. Fieldstone walls line the other three sides of the property. There is no formal circulation pattern within the cemetery grounds, with most markers arrayed generally in lines, grouped by family. There is one family plot, that of the
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