The Disturbing Reason This COFFIN Dripped With BODILY FLUIDS

Perched on a windy headland overlooking the lost medieval Norman town of Bannow, this church holds some of the most fascinating—and eerie—funerary monuments in Ireland. Sitting exposed to the elements inside the chancel is a massive sarcophagus carved entirely out of solid stone, complete with its original, fragmented coped lid. But the most bizarre feature of this medieval coffin is a deliberate, carved hole right through the center of the base. According to historians and local lore, this grim detail was carved out for a specific purpose: to allow bodily fluids to escape into the earth during decomposition. #medievalcoffin #darktourism #irishhistory #abandonedruins #gravevisitations