gravencroft

noun

Plural: gravencrofts

Cemetery; graveyard.

Examples:

Hubert and I talk about that lower district more and more often, because it's the location with the most recent mysteries under ongoing investigation. Already on the old map version, one of the spots lit up on the hummock ennamed Gravencroft, which is today's Public Cemetery. (Source: J∙ Okram - The Mystery of the Rammed Key.)

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