The cemetery sits in a clearing back in the woods far off the beaten trail.

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Fieldstones protrude from the dead leaves.

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Graves were often marked with uninscribed fieldstones because family members knew where their relatives were buried.

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Fieldstones

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A fieldstone is seen behind the remnants of an wire fence that once surrounded the cemetery.

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