Old Burial Ground

Pines
stones
but no
ghosts
The Old Burial Ground is a very old graveyard indeed. The sign in front says 1661 and it is the oldest graveyard in the town of Manchester By-​the-​Sea. There are records of an older one but it is long forgotten and no longer exists.
This ancient graveyard does look old, very old. Many of the gravestones are worn away and the oldest ones I could read were from the early 1700’s. It’s obvious that the broken and impossible to read stones are much older.
The cemetery is a lovely place, lots of tall pine trees grow around, beside and even up through some of the ancient stones. It actually smells great, with the scent of pine permeating the air.
One surprising fact about this ancient place is that there are no legends of ghosts or hauntings. Quite surprising since virtually all old and spooky graveyards have a least a few resident mischievous spirits hanging around. Perhaps it is just so old that even the ghosts got tired and just want to rest.