three coffins of people who couldn’t afford a burial should be banned, a councillor has claimed.Most Scots councils now cremate remains instead of using the once-common practice of sharing plots.But unmarked burial plots are provided by local authorities in Dundee and Angus when individuals or their families do not provide funds after a death.The two councils currently lay one coffin on top of another in three-tiered graves.Both authorities insist the practice is dignified but family and friends are not allowed to lay tributes or flowers.The higher cost of carrying out a cremation is believed to be a major driving factor in shared grave use and Dundee is regularly ranked the most expensive place in Scotland for both burials and.
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