Memorials

Those who touch our lives stay in our hearts forever. North Ayrshire Council would like to help honour those we have lost by providing different memorials options for families and loved ones.

The right to erect a memorial is provided as part of the purchase of the Exclusive Right of Burial.

There is no requirement to erect a memorial, or headstone, if you do not wish to do so.

All memorial works must be by stonemasons, or monumental sculptors, registered under the British Register of Accredited Monumental Masons.

Memorials must be constructed of natural stone, or terrazzo, and must not contain any wood, plastic or glass.

All inscriptions are approved by North Ayrshire Council.

We do not permit:

• wooden crosses
• copes, railings, fences
• gravel, corner stones

Before the memorial is erected, the memorial mason must obtain permission from Bereavement Services.