burial ground

noun

: an area of land where dead people have been buried
an ancient burial ground

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On a rocky island off the coast of Norway, metal detectorists stumbled on some ancient jewelry and led archaeologists to a forgotten Viking burial ground. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 Day-Morgan Cemetery A family burial ground in the Bordeaux neighborhood along Clintondale Drive was severely damaged during a 2021 windstorm. Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 18 Nov. 2024 Ornate jewelry also featured in a Roman burial ground in central Italy, where researchers uncovered gold necklaces and earrings, amulets, and silver rings adorned with amber. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024 Besides the Celtic burial ground, the team also discovered a number of medieval Slavic graves containing skeletal remains from the 9th and 10th centuries. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for burial ground 

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