The Montross burial ground

South Carolina · United States · Cemetery

The graveyard was moved from its original site. A single stone at the front lists the names and dates of everyone said to be buried there. Watch for.

This is a very old burial ground in Darlington County, South Carolina, no longer in use.

According to local account the cemetery was moved from its original site, which is the detail everything else here rests on.

A large stone at the entrance carries the names and dates of death of the people buried here.

What visitors describe is physical: a feeling of dread, and nausea.

The warning in the original account is practical and should be repeated. Beware of sunken graves. Ground over an old burial subsides as coffins collapse, and in a moved or poorly recorded cemetery the depressions are the only remaining indication of where anyone lies.

A relocated graveyard raises a question that is rarely answered honestly, which is whether everyone was moved. Frequently the stones went and the graves did not.

The site is private land in places and should be approached with respect.

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Where is The Montross burial ground located?

The Montross burial ground is in South Carolina, United States.