Woodmont Cemetery

Woodmont Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  Indeterminate

Realty Map:          76.00-04-18                            Cultural Affiliation:              Indeterminate

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge bench

Grid Locus:            K3                                           Elevation:                              1140 feet

UTM Easting:       587270                                    Aspect:                                  Southeast

UTM Northing:    4120430

 

Site Dimensions:  75.99 by 97.76 by 78.38 by 90.76 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a cemetery with an unknown number of graves.   Site was field inspected and one possible fieldstone marker was identified.  The possible marker was a badly eroded red shale rock placed upright in the ground.  Actually, the surface of the landscape exhibits no evidence of a cemetery other than plantings common to regional cemeteries.  These plants include yucca, periwinkle ground cover, oak trees, and one large elm tree.  Owners of neighboring parcel reported the cemetery contained no markers when they purchased their property over 30 years ago.  They maintain the cemetery lot and use it as a play area for children.  Site size was derived from local realty maps.

 

Survey Date:         5/99

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        ___Yes  _x_No

 

References:           None

 

Additional Comments:  Cemetery is located in the Woodmont  subdivision between residences at 5025 and 5047 Cave Spring Lane.  Historic name of the cemetery is not known.  Archival research may provide temporal or social information relating to this cemetery.  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet but it is marked on local realty maps and labeled “cemetery.”


 

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