A drive is now on in Kinghorn to raise funds to build an eco-
The project will be set up as a community not for profit enterprise by Kinghorn Community Land Association (KCLA). Following the purchase of 10 acres of land on behalf of the community in 2015, KCLA commissioned Edinburgh based architects Simpson and Brown to design the columbarium.
“We are delighted to get planning permission for this unique place of remembrance”, Richard Brewster KCLA Chair said of the project. “This is a real milestone for Kinghorn. The concept has really captured people’s imagination and this resulted in so much positive support from the public when the planning application was submitted.”
“There is a real shortage of cemetery space locally and this will be somewhere special for people to lay loved ones to rest. The cemetery will develop into a natural woodland and peaceful remembrance space with wildflower meadow and spectacular views over the Forth. The idea for the columbarium is based on an Iron Age barrow -
Site of the Eco Cemetery and Proposed Plan

Architect Drawing of the Columbarium

Visualisation of the interior of the Columbarium

3D Visualisation of the Eco Cemetery and Columbarium
