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26 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION <br /> PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION <br /> Located on a .87-acre parcel, the Eno Quaker Burying Ground is hidden within a wooded setting <br /> off the west side of NC 57 north of its junction with Stroud's Creek Road. After 1847, when <br /> there was no longer an active Quaker Meeting associated with the cemetery, it continued to be <br /> used, though to a much lesser extent, with eight known burials during the second half of the <br /> nineteenth century and three during the first decade of the twentieth century, the last burial being <br /> that of William J. Freeland in 1910. Without an active Quaker Meeting associated with the <br /> cemetery, its upkeep has been limited during the last century, and trees have been allowed to <br /> grow throughout the site. In recent years, however,there have been several efforts to remove <br /> fallen trees and undertake general maintenance. Today, trees still fill the cemetery; a few are <br /> medium-sized, but most are saplings. Periwinkle and leaves provide ground cover.' <br /> i <br /> The most dominant feature of the Eno Quaker Burying Ground is the dry-laid rock wall that <br /> surrounds the cemetery. (Photos 1—6) The last two-and-a-half centuries have taken their toll on <br /> the stability of the wall, and today it varies in height from about one foot to four feet. On the <br /> south, the wall follows the south boundary of the cemetery property. On the west,the wall nearly <br /> follows the west property line, running slightly over the boundary line near the north end. Then <br /> the wall angles to the northeast to about the midpoint of the north property line. From there, the <br /> wall drops southeastward at an angle, then turns northeast, and finally it runs southeast to the <br /> point where the east and south boundary lines meet. <br /> 1 Orange County GIS;Cemetery Census: Orange County North Carolina Cemeteries: 064: Old Eno Quaker Burying <br /> Ground(1759).httns://cetnetervicensus.com/nc/omg/cem064.htm, Accessed I2-9-2019. <br /> 4 <br />