Below are more photographs of the ongoing damage to the Granville cemetery including several closeup images of human remains, coffin hardware and burned monuments:
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 Human remains area facing south |
 Human remains area facing west |
 Skeletal remains |
 Skeletal remains |
 Skeletal remains |
 Skeletal remains |
 Coffin hardware from Burrow 4 |
 Coffin hardware from Burrow 8 |
 Fire damaged monument |
 Fire damaged veteran's marker |
 Fire damaged veteran's marker |
 Family plot |
4-05-06: The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology (DNR DHPA) has been notified of the exposed human remains and other damage to this cemetery.
4-12-06 update: INPCRP coordinator, LA Clugh, reported that the human remains were being reburied by DNR personnel, ostensibly in close proximity to the grave and out of harm's way. LA was confident that the Granville cemetery is finally receiving much deserved attention and that there will be a concerted effort by all concerned parties to study the immediate and future needs of this Tippecanoe County pioneer cemetery.
4-18-06 update: A visit to the cemetery this day revealed that there is a serious attempt to rid the site of burrowing animals. Some of the extinct burrows had been re-filled, and the more recent or apparently active burrows had conibear "killing" traps set at the entrances. Hopefully, this effort will continue when the prairie vegetation returns later this summer.
12-5-09 update: Given the problems found on this site in 2006, there probably should have been more persistent follow-up to be certain that mismanagement of the Granville Cemetery did not carry on unnoticed. Rodent burrows have continued, as one might expect in an area consisting of dense vegetation cover absent of human traffic. No skeletal remains were apparent this time of year; however, two of the burrows that were filled in as a result of the 2006 reporting are again active. Multiflora Rose is now covering perhaps as much as 30% of the site. See photos here. This is a travesty.
Updates will be posted here as they develop.