Graves.

[The Skarzs]

Yeah.

[Tam and Martin]

That or he just wanted something dramatic to happen at Redwall Abbey because all the excitement was at Sampetra 

[SilentSam]

I would think that Redwallers were buried at the church, or there was somehow some random graveyard that was never mentioned, but I doubt that there was a graveyard that was never mentioned.

[Delthion]

But don't forget where they buried the Galloper in Rakkety Tam, forget his name but he had a twin sister. I really need to read this series again.

[Nadaz, voice of the host]

where in the abbey grounds did they bury rollo's mom and the friar in mattimeo? I know it was in the abbey but I don't think they said where.

[The Skarzs]

Yeah, I don't remember either.

[Krantor the Brutal]

Most abbeys have a cemetery, so logically they were buried in one.

[Ashleg]

Lots of characters were buried under a tree. Or on a hill, or in a garden, or near a lake, or...you get the idea. In weird places they thought the dead creature would like to have been or did like in their lifetime.

[Sanddunes]

I wander if anyone does cremation now the woodlanders would most like burn the Vermin bodies after a battle

[Ashleg]

I thought they threw them in one giant pit and covered it.

[DelenatheWanderer]

Has anyone thought about how many are buried on the Abby grounds? How many Dibbuns do you think have asked "Oi, Muver Abbess, marm, who's buried under that tree?"

[Ashleg]

What if Redwall is like Paris with the catacombs, and it is structurally atop a massive graveyard.

[Krantor the Brutal]

Like where Martin's tomb is?

[Ashleg]

Sort of. But more.

[Wylder Treejumper]

Well, with the cellars, and the tunnels from Doomwyte, and the remains of Castle Kotir, I doubt there is enough room for any catacombs. As a matter of fact, there is enough underground that I am surprised Redwall is structurally sound- it must have had an incredible amount of foundation work done. Moles do know their trade, though.


I think it's more likely that beasts which die in Redwall are buried out in the forest, or in a miscellaneous natural setting, than in a grave. Redwallers have a much more naturalistic lifestyle, so I think the idea of "returning them to nature" is reasonable for the setting (and I think it happens several times throughout the series). This would explain why Redwall has no graveyard.