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Cemetery NumberJM014
TownJAMESTOWN
Cemetery NameINDIAN LOT - CAUTANTOWWIT'S
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LocationWATSON AVE.
StateRI
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Distance240
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Last seen date?2009
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CommentThis is a Narragansett Indian burial ground. That was accidentally discovered in 1936. It was systematically excavated in 1966 and 1967 and is the subject of a 1970 book "Cautantowwit's House, an Indian Burial Ground on the Island of Conanicut in Narragansett Bay" by William Scranton Simmons. It is on the grounds of the Jamestown-Lawn School. It is 240 ft north of Watson Ave, and 240 ft east of Melrose Ave.
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