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Site name: Old South Cemetery

Nearest town: Sherborn; State/country: Massachusetts; Type of site: Historic cemetery; Date of site: late 17th-early 18th centuries.

Type of survey: Ground penetrating radar; Instrument: Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc., SIR System 3; Antenna Frequency: 300MHz; Prospection depth: 5-6 m; burials in top 1-2 m; Sampling interval: 1 m; Area surveyed: 20 x 11 m; Date of survey: 10/97.

Comments: This radar profile of 20 m length transects a row of early historic period graves, most of which are unmarked and visible only as shallow surface depressions. With scale marks given at meter intervals across the top of the image, each grave is less than a meter wide. At least 12 indications of graves are visible in this profile, including one at the upper left where a fallen tombstone on the surface gives a clear indication. All grave features are in the top one-third of this image.

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