Lairs

Full adult lairs are available in all of our open cemeteries. These lairs can normally accommodate 3 standard coffins.

Notice of an interment, (an application for burial), must be submitted at least 2 working days in advance, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. The Notice of Interment form can be downloaded by following the link in the Forms section below.

The Council is the Burial Authority, so all interments must be authorised and carried out by the Council. The Notice of Internment is required to contain:

Name, address and age of deceased
Date of death
Relationship of the deceased to the lair holder, (if not the lair holder)
Residence at time of death
Day and hour of interment
Exact external measurements of the coffin including the allowances for handles and any other unusual shapes
Full name and address of lair holder
Signature of lair holder or immediate member of the family authorising burial

The law requires the owner of the Exclusive Right of Burial be entered into the Council's register of ownership. Upon the death of the owner, the lair must be transferred to the person making the application to open the lair on the interment form. The Council register is updated with the new owner's details.

Included with the Exclusive Right of Burial is the right to erect a memorial. Responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of the memorial lies with the owner of the Exclusive Right of Burial. The Council may require to contact the owner to advise of problems associated with the memorial for operational reasons.

Purchasing a Lair

You have bought the Exclusive Right of Burial in that lair, rather than the ground itself. When the owner dies, the right of burial will pass to the individual nominated on the application for interment form.

Costs of lairs can be found on the Burial Ground Charges page. There a surcharge for persons residing outwith the Clackmannanshire Council area.

A lair may be purchased in advance, however the choice of location, will be restricted to the operational area within the chosen cemetery. The Council may restrict the sale of lairs in advance dependent on availability within any cemetery. The Council will restrict the sale of lairs to a maximum of two (2) lairs per lair holder.

After 40 years, if the lair has not been used or transferred to any other family member, the Council can terminate the Exclusive Right of Burial after appropriate checks and measures have been carried out. The ownership will then revert back to the Council and normal purchase charges will apply.

The Council will buy back lairs which have not been used for burial and will refund the amount paid at the time of purchase, less administration costs.

Please note it is an offence to sell a lair to anyone other than the Council.