Services

Graveyards, Cemeteries & Burial Places

Our graveyards and places of burial contain a fascinating array of monuments and memorial types giving insight into changing burial traditions and the architectural preferences of our past generations. In our towns the graveyard and cemetery often provide a welcome break in the urban environment offering architectural detraction and recreational amenity.  Today, in an increasingly secular world divorced from our past, burial grounds face the threat of neglect and vandalism; the survey of graveyards is seen as a crucial step in providing specific guidance on maintenance and future management of these important sites.

 Why use Carrig?

• Qualified built heritage consultants with specialist knowledge in the field of funerary architecture.
• Project management experience with a proven track record in working closely with related disciplines including archaeologists, masons and environmental consultants.
• Specialist experience in the field of monument repair and maintenance based on best practice conservation principles.
• Rapid response – Where monuments are in danger of imminent collapse we can provide a ‘next day’ response to facilitate immediate essential works.
  

• Inventory of Graveyards – identify, map and create a database of graveyards or burial grounds within a given area.
• Historical Research – provide historic research of graveyards, associated structures and principal burials based on primary and secondary source material.
• Condition Survey – Survey of graveyard/burial ground recording defects and decay mechanisms i.e. masonry decay, instability of monuments and corrosion of ironwork.
• Conservation & Management Plans – provision of conservation strategy addressing key issues and threats, recommendations for future maintenance, prioritisation of maintenance and future interpretation of the site.
• Ministerial Consent – Many of graveyards and burials places are recorded national monuments.  We can confidently manage applications for obtaining ministerial consent.