New Clue - Graveyard at Hogwarts

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 99676

Here is a tidbit from an interview at BBC's Newround. Alfonso Cuaron
relates a conversation he had with JKRowling.

--- Quoted in Part - See link below---
I give you an example: There's a scene where Malfoy wants to see
Buckbeak being executed. ... ... I said 'Let's put a graveyard there'.

She says: 'No, you can't have a graveyard there'. And I'm like, 'Why?'
She says: 'Oh because the graveyard is near this other wing of the
castle and it's going to play an important part in number six because
such and such and such.' 

--- End Quote ---

I'm stumped! I can't see how or why a graveyard would be at Hogwarts,
and can't see how to work it into the plot, and I'm usually pretty
good at doing that.

The only thing that comes to me is that maybe Harry's parents are
buried there. Or maybe, the location is only incidental; something
will happen in the graveyard that is not directly related to the
graveyard itself.

Also, I think we need to consider that Cuaron was probably
paraphrasing and perhaps generalizing a bit. So, I'm not sure we can
trust what he said as an absolute statement of fact... more like a
broad somewhat generalized fact. 

Full interview-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_3758000/3758101.stm

Anyone care to speculate?

bboy_mn