[Stronsaylimpet] Cemetery memorials - hazardous?

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Can you help us link up memorials with families?
We’re asking local folk to help us link up memorials flagged as needing 
safety work with respective families.
Last year, we inspected more than 21,000 memorials in the county’s 
cemeteries.
Of these, 56 were identified as being hazardous, many of them very old  
- one is already repaired, and 14 are in the process of having repairs 
arranged by relatives.

The average age of the memorials needing to be made safe is over 100 
years – with the passage of time we think many are unlikely to be in the 
care of very close relatives.
So, if you think you may be able to help us link up memorials with 
families before any works are undertaken, please visit our website at 
the link below and take a look.
Our Burial Service team plans to start a programme of works to ‘make 
safe’ the identified memorials in April. We’re urging people with family 
members buried in Orkney to check the list and contact us as soon as 
possible if they want to discuss a memorial flagged as unsafe.
The Council has a duty of care to the public to keep our cemeteries 
safe. Families are responsible for the cost of maintaining memorials, 
including keeping them in safe condition.
For unsafe memorials, where no-one comes forward to arrange remedial 
works, the memorial will be made safe by the Council.  There are a range 
of options for this but in some cases the memorial will need to be laid 
flat to make it safe.  If this is done the memorial will be laid face 
up, on a slight slant to ensure that water can run off.
We work with local community councils to try identify and contact 
families so they can understand what needs to be done with unsafe 
memorials, and we provide as much notice as we can to community councils 
of any intended work.
You can:
• Check the list of unsafe memorials here:
https://www.orkney.gov.uk/Files/Burial%20Services/Full%20list%20of%20HHs.pdf
• Find out more here: https://www.orkney.gov.uk/News?postid=7098
• Contact our Burial Services team by phoning 01856 873535 ext 2703.
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