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FEATURED CEMETERY PHOTO
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Cemetery Number
PO053
Town
PORTSMOUTH
Cemetery Name
HESSIAN'S HOLE
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Location
WEST MAIN ROAD
State
RI
Direction
W
Pole Number
Distance
700
Map Number
Page Number
Plat Number
Deed Book
Deed Page
Size in Feet
Size in Feet
Inscriptions
Fieldstones
Tombs
Exist?
YES
Last seen date?
2008
Newest
Oldest
Vandalism
Veteran
Pole
N
Comment
This cemetery is just south of one of the holes on the golf course in the edge of the woods. It is on land of Portsmouth Abbey - must get permission to visit These are the graves of Hessian soldiers who died during the Revolutionary War.
Condition
Enclosure
stone wall
Gate
Growth
overgrown-trees
Terrain
Cemetery Location
Cemetery Burial Map
N/A
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