We did a bit of work in a cemetery in Ballynoe, Co. Cork, Ireland, a few years
ago. This cemetery dated from the 1500's or so and features family plots
measuring about 10' x 20' in area with (if one were to believe the grave marker)
some 15 individuals in them. Not unsurprisingly, there was a heap of surplus fill
off in the corner behind the gravedigger's hut that contained all sorts of
skeletal remains.
Irene Henry