Memorials and headstones in the five main cemeteries in Mid-Ulster currently in use and managed by the council will be checked to identify any which may be at risk of breaking.
Mid Ulster District Council is to begin a programme of safety checks of headstones and memorials in the cemeteries.
Similar checks will be carried out on a further 25 old burial grounds which are no longer in use.
The aim of the checks is to ensure that cemeteries are safe places for those who visit them and who work there.
Chair of the Council’s Environment Committee, Councillor Wilbert Buchanan, said that the majority of headstones and memorials will be safe and stable.
He said said this programme of checks will help to identify any memorials where action will need to be taken to stabilise them and then make contact with the grave owners.
“Our priority is to undertake the programme sensitively, ultimately ensuring that our cemeteries are safe for our visitors and staff,” he added.
Details of the safety check programme, including an outline timetable for the work’s completion, together with the checking and stabilising processes, are available online at www.midulstercouncil.org/