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A natural death
ISLAY McLEOD'S SCOTLAND
A woodland burial ground in Ayrshire provides an ecological alternative to cremation. The theory behind it is that more and more gas is being used for each cremation and that conventional coffins are associated with pollution of the burial site and destruction of the rain forests. At Craufurdland Woods, the coffins used must be ecologically friendly – cane, pine or cardboard. A woodland tree or shrub is planted on each plot.
I found Craufurdland Woods exceptionally peaceful and more personal than the orthodox graveyard.
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All photographs Copyright Institute of Contemporary Scotland, 2009
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