Bereavement Services - A Guide to the City’s Cemeteries

Dundee City Council is responsible for the management of the following cemeteries throughout the city:

Balgay Map
Barnhill Map
Birkhill Map
Eastern Map
Western Map

Purchase of Lairs

We have two types of lairs available:

Traditional lawn grave
Woodland, located only in Birkhill Cemetery, where the lair areas are currently maintained as a wildflower meadow and trees will be planted. Memorials are not permitted in this area.

We have burial areas set aside for:

Children at Balgay and Birkhill Cemetery
Muslims at Birkhill Cemetery
Jews at Eastern Cemetery

Lairs are available for sale in:

Birkhill Cemetery
Barnhill Cemetery

There is a space for cremated remains only:

Balgay Cemetery
Birkhill Cemetery
Barnhill Cemetery

Burial Ground Charges (23KB PDF)

Floral Tributes Birkhill Cemetery

During times of hard frost or snow cover there may be a possibility of some floral tributes being eaten by the Rabbits and the Roe Deer, this is due to the animals finding it difficult to source food in the surrounding areas. To alleviate this problem we would recommend that cellophane wrappings be kept on the tributes, or checking the attached list of plants that the Rabbits and Roe Deer may not eat, a list is also available on the cemetery notice board and in the cemetery waiting room.

Nepeta (catmint), Helichrysum (curry plant), Symphytum (comfrey), Bergenia, Fuchsia, Heather, Yucca, Brunnera, Tradescantia, Hardy Geranium, Digitalis, Aquilegia, Echinops, Zantedeschia, Geum, Alchemilia, Hosta, Crocosmia, Astilbe, Stachys, Narcissus, Rudbeckia, Anemone, Vinca, Thalictrum, Aconitum, Aster.

Memorials

We offer a variety of ways for you to remember: