Old Burial Hill, Massachusetts, United States
5.0 (115 reviews) Spent Ranking #3 in Marblehead Historic Sites • Cemeteries
Historic graveyard with a lovely view
One of New England's most scenic graveyards, it affords a view of Old Marblehead, the harbor, and the sea. It was established in 1638 at the site of Marblehead’s first meeting house and is the burial site of some 600 Revolutionary soldiers, most in unmarked graves.
Address
, Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States, Postal Code: 01945.
Website
http://www.oldburialhill.org/
Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 9:43
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5CHARLES G 5:00 PM May 6, 2014
Spookier than Salem
When I was in Marblehead with my kids when they were young, I'd always take them on an after-dinner walk into the Old Town, ending at the Old Burial Hill at dusk. Not far from the place where the town was first settled in 1629, it's the best place to soak up the history and atmosphere of this very special place. Next to it is Redd's Pond, named for Mammy Redd, the first "witch" sentenced to death in the notorious Salem Witch Trials. A significant tomb is that of John Glover whose Marblehead fishermen's regiment saved George Washington's army after it's disastrous defeat on Long Island and later ferried it across the Delaware to victory. Nearby is the "Old Brig", home the famous "Wizard", John Dimond and his equally famous fortune-telling daughter, Moll Pitcher. Down below on the water is "Screeching Woman" Cove, named after the unfortunate woman murdered there by pirates in the 1600s and whose shrieks people still claim to hear on dark summer nights. This is not the canned, commercial spookiness of Salem. Among the early colonial slate and marble headstones with death-head motifs and ancient script, it's impossible not to sense the ghosts of a fascinating past around you..
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4domhnall_kaps 5:00 PM Jul 21, 2017
Cemetery from Hocus Pocus
This is one of the oldest cemeteries in New England and also has the headstone for one of the innocent victims of the Witch Trials. Situation up along a hill in a quiet corner at the edge of Marblehead. There appears to be parking along the sides for those driving in. There are benches to sit if desired.
