On Monday March 22 Linda, Denise, Elsie, and Carol along with Esther Read were back in the field at Rich Hill. Again it was a great day to be outside and to socially distance with each other. Although it wasn't what we had planned to do, we checked out another part of the property looking for the lost eighteenth century grave of Dr Gustavus Brown, Sr. Then Elsie came upon some periwinkle (vinca major) - a lot of periwinkle. In the past periwinkle was planted on graves to provide a ground cover. So finding periwinkle often indicates the presence of graves. Even if this does not turn out to be the location of Dr. Brown's grave, it is almost certainly the location of other graves. Although we searched for depressions or possible stones marking graves, we didn't find anything this time.
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Looking for graveyard
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Periwinkle at site
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Looking for indication
of graves in areas with periwinkle
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Update: On May 16 Esther returned to the area with Heather Roche
and her cadaver dogs. Elsie and Mike helped aerate the soil. All three
of the cadaver dogs alerted to the same spots. It appears that this is
a cemetery!
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