Buying a grave

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Graves – cost information

You can buy a grave or lair from us.

Under Scottish law, when you buy a lair you buy the Exclusive Right of Burial in the lair. This includes the right to erect a memorial. The land stays in the ownership of the burial authority or Council.

 

These rights are sold in perpetuity and may be transferred at any time using a legal procedure with the approval of the Council.


Under normal circumstances a lair will accommodate three adult burials and up to six caskets of cremated remains.  However this is dependent on ground conditions and other factors.


Charges for Burials and Exclusive Rights of Burial.

Burial Fees 2009 to 2010 (effective from 1 June 2009)

Right of Burial £365

Right of Burial - Cremated Remains £175

Right of Burial - Cremated Remains Garden of Remembrance £175

Stillborn Child/Under 16 No Charge

Sixteen and Over £365

Cremated Remains £175

Common Ground £200

Dis-interments £730

Duplicate Title £17

Transfer Title £17

Memorial Foundation £130

Memorial Foundation and Re-erect £150

Memorial Bench, Foundation & Plaque £325