[BansheeBill]

In the late 1700's to mid 1800's a number of New England communities built undergound rooms(some quite large) to store dead bodies in the winter months as they did not attempt burials when the ground was frozen. Often these holding tombs were built into the side of a hill, but some were underground, with a steel door entrance in a brick or stone and mortar building and then a ramp down into the tombs.

I believe the municipal cemetery in the City Of Worcester ( a short distance from Millbury) has two large underground tombs built into a steep hillside that were able to hold a few hundred caskets.

There is a good possibility that the underground caverns in Millbury were built for a similar purpose and were abandoned when all year burials started (with the advent of the backhoe and jackhammer to break out frozen ground).

Do you know if there is a cemetery nearby the location of the cavern?

[PoorMuttly]

Yes. Worcester has such a tunnel system. I was thrown out of there, too.