Silverton Cemetry
When this cemetry was laid out, it was supposed to have the graves all in a row - they're not! Most of the miners of Silverton were poor camping along the riverbeds nearby and with a lack of sanitary arrangements, many died.
The local gravedigger provided all that was needed for the grand sum of a flask of port or rum. Hence the crooked rows
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