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Flying death's heads

I'd just dropped Greta off at her dance class. What better way to spend an hour on a dreary November day than in a cemetery?

The Westerly Burial Ground on Centre Street in West Roxbury is a sort of vest-pocket cemetery- sandwiched between a small factory, a Walgreens and a commuter-rail line. And it offers a rare glimpse of West Roxbury's long history - it opened in 1683; the last burial was in an old family plot in 1945.

The flying death's heads of the 1600's and 1700's gave way to willow trees and urns:

This is not a lamb I'd want to tangle with in a dark alley:

Not all of the tombstones have withstood time - or vandals - well:

See who's buried in the Westerly cemetery - When you click on the link, select Westerly Burying Grounds from the dropdown list.

Comments

These skulls head ieces are tight! Good ideas for tattoos. Post more pics if possible.

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Cletus from Cali on March 18, 2004 01:20 PM.

Good pics! Though I haven't done any graveyard viewing in recent years, I remember running across an example of the very rare 3 toed angel (no, I'm not putting you on...:) in an old cemetery on Main st in Windsor Vermont. I was informed by my "playmate" at the time that it was one of only 6 or 7 known 3 toed angels in New England. she didn't say where the others were. I've got a picture of it someplace...I'll hafta see if I can find it. Walt

Walt Blaney on March 30, 2004 09:17 PM.

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