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Robin Hill Cemetery

Marlborough, Italy

Robin Hill Cemetery

Robin Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Donald Lynch Boulevard in Marlborough, Massachusetts, overlooking the Assabet River. It is approximately 1 acre (0.40 ha), the community's second smallest burial ground. As of 2004, it had 24 markers denoting 27 burials. It is located on the South Side o

f Donald Lynch Boulevard in a commercial office park, with the interchange between Interstates 495 and 290 to its south and east. Part of the property is taken up by Robin Hill, a rise of about 30 feet (9.1 m) that is mostly covered with pine trees and has relatively few burials. The rest of the property is relatively flat and has been divided into family plots measuring about 20 by 20 feet (6.1 m × 6.1 m). A receiving tomb, which probably originates from the mid-19th century, is located on the property. When established in the early 19th century, Robin Hill Cemetery was located in a relatively rural agricultural area. Its burials include several military veterans, including those from the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, and World War II. Although the cemetery is still in active use, most of the marked graves date to the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The...

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