River Washing Away Historic Cemetery in NH

STARK — The historic Blake Cemetery, which sits atop a 40-foot bluff, is being undermined by the Upper Ammonoosuc River, with gravestones and human remains perilously close to being washed away.

On Friday, state police recovered a human skull from the riverbank and sent it to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Fish and Game Department’s dive team is planning to search for human remains and gravestones that may have washed into the river.

State Archaeologist Mark Doperalski, who was at the site Monday, said there appear to be between 30 and 50 graves in the town-owned cemetery, though there could be more that are unmarked. He said the burials took place between 1802 and 1927.

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