Cremation and Burial Fees

Current fees for burials and cremations

Burial charges from 1st April 2024

Burial charges 2024/25
Description Price (£)
*Interment/Re Opening Lair 992.00
Interment (Child under 18) No charge
Additional Charge - Interment on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge 370.00
Additional Charge - Burial of ashes on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge 106.00
*Burial of cremated remains at minimum depth (Deceased remains being interred at 3 feet as per current procedures) 224.00
*Burial of cremated remains at available depth (Deceased remains being interred at a greater depth per new legislation) 992.00
*Scattering of Ashes 172.00
Purchase of Lair - exclusive right of burial (Child under 18) No charge
*Purchase of Burial Lair, incl maintenance 1,169.00
*Lair for Casket only 241.00
*Woodland and Green Burial Service Burial Charge 992.00
*Woodland and Green Burial Service Standard Lair 2,344.00
Transfer of Title Deeds 64.00
Extract/Search Register (£13.20 to be paid in Advance for work up to half an hour) 37.00
Administration Fee for Return of Lair 10% of purchase price (90% returned)
Permission to erect Standard Memorial or one off design 193.00
Permission to erect semi recumbent book type memorial 94.00
Erection of plaques at Cemeteries (where consent granted) 94.00
Erection of inscribed memorial plaque (for previously unmarked graves) 322.00
Erection of Headstone (Tiree ONLY) 248.00
Exhumations (not including re interment) 1,062.00
Exhumations of Caskets (hourly rate) 69.00

Cremations charges from 1st April 2024

Cremations charges 2024/25
Description Price (£)
Child (under 18) No charge
Adults 18 years and over 939.00
Adults 18 years and over - Saturday 1,041.00
Additional Charge - Public Holiday 335.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) 643.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) - Saturday 712.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) -
Additional Charge Public Holiday
335.00
Clergy 113.00
Access to Undertake Live Streaming of Cremation Services 27.00
Dispersal of Ashes 37.00
Casket - Purchase 81.00
Urn (plus carrier) - Purchase 37.00
Book of Remembrance (per line) 51.00
Small Book of Remembrance (2 Lines) 161.00
Small Book of Remembrance (5 Lines) 300.00
Small Book of Remembrance (8 Lines) 441.00
Small Book of Remembrance (Gilded Motif) 108.00
Badges 83.00
Coat of Arms and Floral Motif 112.00
Retention of Ashes - per month 16.00
Chapel of Rest 61.00
Plaque - Single with inscription (25 years) 281.00
Plaque - Single continuation of lease (25 years) 170.00
Plaque - Double with single inscriptions (25 years) 408.00
Plaque - Double with two inscriptions (25 years) 518.00
Plaque - Double continuation of lease (25 years) 339.00
Additional inscription 153.00
Use of Crematorium Chapel for a Burial Service 355.00
Memorial Kerbstone - (10 years) 349.00
Inscription for Kerbstone 13.00

* 100% to be added to interment/lair charges (except for the transfer of title deed) for non residents of Argyll & Bute with the following exemptions:

  • Clear proof that deceased lived permanently in Argyll & Bute within 10 years of death.
  • If the deceased person has been in long term residential care outwith the boundaries of Argyll & Bute Council, but was previously a resident of Argyll & Bute and was moved to such residential care at the behest of this, or a previous Local Authority.
  • Any resident or former resident of Argyll & Bute who has died in the service of their country.

Permission for erection of memorial to be paid at same time as purchase of lair.

Burial Lair may include up to 3 standard interments, dependant on depth of coffin.

Burial charges 2023/24 (from 1st April 2023)

Burial charges 2023/24
Description Price
*Interment/Re Opening Lair 936.00
Interment (Child under 18)  
Additional Charge - Interment on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge 349.00
Additional Charge - Burial of ashes on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge 100.00
*Burial of cremated remains at minimum depth 211.00
*Burial of cremated remains at available depth 936.00
*Scattering of Ashes 162.00
Purchase of Lair - exclusive right of burial (Child under 18) No charge
*Purchase of Single Lair, incl maintenance 1,103.00
*Purchase of Double Lair, incl maintenance 2,209.00
*Purchase of Treble Lair, incl maintenance 3,314.00
*Lair for Casket only 227.00
*Woodland and Green Burial Service Burial Charge 936.00
*Woodland and Green Burial Service Standard Lair 2,211.00
Transfer of Title Deeds 60.00
Extract/Search Register (£13.20 to be paid in Advance for work up to half an hour) 34.95
Administration Fee for Return of Lair 0.00
Permission to erect Standard Memorial or one off design 182.00
Permission to erect semi recumbent book type memorial 89.00
Erection of plaques at Cemeteries (where consent granted) 89.00
Erection of inscribed memorial plaque (for previously unmarked graves) 304.00
Erection of Headstone (Tiree ONLY) 234.00
Exhumations (not including re interment) 1,002.00
Exhumations of Caskets (hourly rate) 65.50

Notes

100% to be added to interment/lair charges (except for the transfer of title deed) for non residents of Argyll & Bute with the following exemptions:

  1. Clear proof that deceased lived permanently in Argyll & Bute within 10 years of death.
  2. If the deceased person has been in long term residential care outwith the boundaries of Argyll & Bute Council, but was previously a resident of Argyll & Bute and was moved to such residential care at the behest of this, or a previous Local Authority.
  3. Any resident or former resident of Argyll & Bute who has died in the service of their country.
  4. Permission for erection of memorial to be paid at same time as purchase of lair.

Crematoria charges 2023/24 (from 1st April 2023)

Crematoria charges 2023/24
Description Price
Child (under 18) No charge
Adults 18 years and over 886.00
Adults 18 years and over - Saturday 982.00
Additional Charge - Public Holiday 316.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) 607.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) - Saturday 672.00
Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) -
Additional Charge Public Holiday
316.00
Clergy 107.00
Access to Undertake Live Streaming of Cremation Services 25.00
Dispersal of Ashes 34.95
Casket - Purchase 76.00
Urn (plus carrier) - Purchase 34.95
Book of Remembrance (per line) 48.00
Small Book of Remembrance (2 Lines) 152.00
Small Book of Remembrance (5 Lines) 283.00
Small Book of Remembrance (8 Lines) 416.00
Small Book of Remembrance (Gilded Motif) 102.00
Badges 78.00
Coat of Arms and Floral Motif 106.00
Retention of Ashes - per month 15.25
Chapel of Rest 58.00
Plaque - Single with inscription (25 years) 265.00
Plaque - Single continuation of lease (25 years) 160.00
Plaque - Double with single inscriptions (25 years) 385.00
Plaque - Double with two inscriptions (25 years) 489.00
Plaque - Double continuation of lease (25 years) 320.00
Additional inscription 144.00
Use of Crematorium Chapel for a Burial Service 335.00
Memorial Kerbstone - (10 years) 329.00
Inscription for Kerbstone 12.40
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