Conservation Works To Begin At North Lanarkshire Graveyard

Conservation works are to begin at an historic graveyard in North Lanarkshire.

A programme of improvement work will start at the Dalzell Estate in Motherwell later this month.

The scheme involves resetting around 12 of the fallen and broken gravestones, as well as conservation work to six of the most significant 17th and 18th century monuments.


The estate's graveyard was formerly the churchyard of the pre-Reformation church of St Patrick, which was demolished in the late 18th century when South Dalziel Parish Church was built. The stone was reused to build the Hamilton of Dalzell Mausoleum, which is partially sited in the present graveyard.

The project is part of the Heritage Lottery Fund and LEADER supported Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership (CAVLP), with support from the council.

(LM/MH)