As part of its rolling memorial safety programme Cardiff Council’s Bereavement Services will begin testing memorials in its Radyr and Western cemeteries from January 2011.
As the land owner, Cardiff Council is obliged to undertake this work to ensure that its cemeteries are safe places for the public to visit.
Under this safety testing programme all memorials over 500mm in height will be tested by trained staff using industry approved testing procedures.
Any memorials found to be unsafe are either: laid flat; secured with a temporary stake; or cordoned off to ensure that they do not present a risk to visitors to the cemetery. Cardiff Council does not fix any memorials, but can – on request – make a memorial safe by digging it into the ground.
Only British Register of Accredited Memorial Masons (BRAMM) members can fix memorials in the cemeteries.
Bereavement Services endeavours to carry out this with minimal disruption. However, we would ask that any visitors to the cemetery take note of the warning signs and exercise caution near memorials during this testing.
