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Crematoria charges 2020/21
| Description | Price |
|---|---|
| Child (under 18) | No charge |
| Adults 18 years and over | 788.00 |
| Adults 18 years and over - Saturday | 873.00 |
| Additional Charge - Public Holiday | 281.00 |
| Clergy | 95.00 |
| Dispersal of Ashes | 31.00 |
| Casket - Purchase | 68.00 |
| Urn (plus carrier) - Purchase | 31.00 |
| Book of Remembrance (per line) | 43.00 |
| Small Book of Remembrance (2 Lines) | 135.00 |
| Small Book of Remembrance (5 Lines) | 251.00 |
| Small Book of Remembrance (8 Lines) | 370.00 |
| Small Book of Remembrance (Gilded Motif) | 90.00 |
| Badges | 70.00 |
| Coat of Arms and Floral Motif | 94.00 |
| Retention of Ashes - per month | 14.00 |
| Chapel of Rest | 51.00 |
| Plaque - Single with inscription (25 years) | 236.00 |
| Plaque - Single continuation of lease (25 years) | 143.00 |
| Plaque - Double with single inscriptions (25 years) | 342.00 |
| Plaque - Double with two inscriptions (25 years) | 435.00 |
| Plaque - Double continuation of lease (25 years) | 284.00 |
| Additional inscription | 128.00 |
| Use of Crematorium Chapel for a Burial Service | 298.00 |
| Memorial Kerbstone - (10 years) | 292.00 |
| Inscription for Kerbstone | 11.00 |
Crematoria charges 2021/22
| Description | Price |
|---|---|
| Child (under 18) | No charge |
| Adults 18 years and over | 812.00 |
| Adults 18 years and over - Saturday | 899.00 |
| Additional Charge - Public Holiday | 289.00 |
| Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) | 556.00 |
| Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) - Saturday | 616.00 |
| Direct Cremations (no use of chapel) - Additional Charge Public Holiday | 289.00 |
| Clergy | 98.00 |
| Dispersal of Ashes | 32.00 |
| Casket - Purchase | 70.00 |
| Urn (plus carrier) - Purchase | 32.00 |
| Book of Remembrance (per line) | 44.00 |
| Small Book of Remembrance (2 Lines) | 139.00 |
| Small Book of Remembrance (5 Lines) | 259.00 |
| Small Book of Remembrance (8 Lines) | 381.00 |
| Small Book of Remembrance (Gilded Motif) | 93.00 |
| Badges | 72.00 |
| Coat of Arms and Floral Motif | 97.00 |
| Retention of Ashes - per month | 14.00 |
| Chapel of Rest | 53.00 |
| Plaque - Single with inscription (25 years) | 243.00 |
| Plaque - Single continuation of lease (25 years) | 147.00 |
| Plaque - Double with single inscriptions (25 years) | 352.00 |
| Plaque - Double with two inscriptions (25 years) | 448.00 |
| Plaque - Double continuation of lease (25 years) | 293.00 |
| Additional inscription | 132.00 |
| Use of Crematorium Chapel for a Burial Service | 307.00 |
| Memorial Kerbstone - (10 years) | 301.00 |
| Inscription for Kerbstone | 11.35 |
Burial charges 2020/21
| Description | Price |
|---|---|
| *Interment/Re Opening Lair | 832.00 |
| Interment (Child under 16) | No charge |
| Additional Charge - Interment on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge | 310.00 |
| Additional Charge - Burial of ashes on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge | 88.00 |
| *Burial of Cremated Remains | 187.00 |
| *Scattering of Ashes | 145.00 |
| *Purchase of Single Lair, incl maintenance | 982.00 |
| *Purchase of Double Lair, incl maintenance | 1,964.00 |
| *Purchase of Treble Lair, incl maintenance | 2,947.00 |
| *Lair for Casket only | 202.00 |
| *Woodland and Green Burial Service Burial Charge | 832.00 |
| *Woodland and Green Burial Service Standard Lair | 1,966.00 |
| Transfer of Title Deeds | 53.00 |
| Extract/Search Register (£13.20 to be paid in Advance for work up to half an hour) | 31.00 |
| Administration Fee for Return of Lair | 10% of purchase price (90% returned) |
| Permission to erect Standard Memorial or one off design | 162.00 |
| Permission to erect semi recumbent book type memorial | 80.00 |
| Erection of plaques at Cemeteries (where consent granted) | 80.00 |
| Erection of inscribed memorial plaque (for previously unmarked graves) | 271.00 |
| Erection of Headstone (Tiree ONLY) | 209.00 |
| Exhumations (not including re interment) | 890.00 |
| Exhumations of Caskets (hourly rate) | 58.00 |
Burial charges 2021/22
| Description | Price |
|---|---|
| *Interment/Re Opening Lair | 857.00 |
| Interment (Child under 18) | No charge |
| Additional Charge - Interment on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge | 319.00 |
| Additional Charge - Burial of ashes on Saturday/Sunday or Public Holiday will incur this additional charge | 91.00 |
| *Burial of Cremated Remains | 193.00 |
| *Scattering of Ashes | 149.00 |
| Purchase of Lair - exclusive right of burial (Child under 18) | No charge |
| *Purchase of Single Lair, incl maintenance | 1,011.00 |
| *Purchase of Double Lair, incl maintenance | 2,023.00 |
| *Purchase of Treble Lair, incl maintenance | 3,035.00 |
| *Lair for Casket only | 208.00 |
| *Woodland and Green Burial Service Burial Charge | 857.00 |
| *Woodland and Green Burial Service Standard Lair | 2,025.00 |
| Transfer of Title Deeds | 55.00 |
| Extract/Search Register (£13.20 to be paid in Advance for work up to half an hour) | 32.00 |
| Administration Fee for Return of Lair | 10% of purchase price (90% returned) |
| Permission to erect Standard Memorial or one off design | 167.00 |
| Permission to erect semi recumbent book type memorial | 82.00 |
| Erection of plaques at Cemeteries (where consent granted) | 82.00 |
| Erection of inscribed memorial plaque (for previously unmarked graves) | 279.00 |
| Erection of Headstone (Tiree ONLY) | 215.00 |
| Exhumations (not including re interment) | 917.00 |
| Exhumations of Caskets (hourly rate) | 60.00 |
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. Introduction of green burial service which facilitates woodland burials, sites at: Barbour Cemetery, Strachur, Carrick Cemetery at Tarbert and Pennyfuir Cemetery.