Juniper Hill

Today i went to the Juniper Hill Cemetery. It was suggested by a friend who visited it while taking a landscape architecture class. It is located in Bristol RI, with the entrance at the end of a long road with a stone arch as the threshold.

What really struck me about this cemetery was that most of the plots are family plots. While this cemetery puts family together different than the family tombs that we have seen, the same desired outcome is accomplished. Family sectors are: mounded, surrounded but stone, have steps leading from the paved path to earth, and a few other variations. The family plots however they are determined have one large (expensive) monument to the family. The surname and a small excerpt about the family is engraved on the this and then quainter tomb with the initials are put on the top. This is how it was on most spaces. In addition to how the plots are laid out the cemetery has a nice flow to it. It has a meandering path that leads you around with a few areas where one can seek clarity. The cemetery is very random with no clear organization. individual plots are places  in close proximity to the family areas. The cemetery was built on the land the land was not built to fit a cemetery.

Family Plots

Mounded Earth

Stair walking up to Family monument. (notice surname on the stairs)