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Oakland Cemetery, Woodstock

Oakland Cemetery, Woodstock:Receiving Vault
Oakland Cemetery, Woodstock:Receiving Vault
Looking closer at the top of the old vault, one sees a "green man" - a human face from which vegetation grows, a popular symbol from mediaeval cathedrals. The date "A.D. 1887" appears on either side of the foliate head. Behind the bushes, one may see the top few inches of the doorway, now bricked up and buried; and behind the facade, a mound of earth covers the roof of the structure.

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