Perhaps the site was the location of a medieval nunnery; they always had their own burial grounds. And it was not uncommon for wealthy women — widows and young women of noble families — to join nunneries, providing much-needed support and bringing their wealthy trappings with them.
The men were off fighting someplace or another. When they ended up dead they did not get shipped home for burial. Thus, mostly women in the cemetery.
Probably a first-class lounge for medieval airlines. The mead was supposedly high quality.