Inurnment
Above-Ground Placement of a Cremation Urn in a Columbarium Niche
The prices listed below are for the RIGHT OF PLACEMENT (INURNMENT) of two urns per niche. The purchaser / deed holder owns the RIGHT OF PLACEMENT while Blue Hill Cemetery retains ownership of the property.
The prices listed below do not include our charges for inurnment; please click on the ANCILLARY CHARGES tab on our home page to view those charges.
The prices listed below do not include inscribed personalized memorialization on the granite front of the niche; please click on the ANCILLARY CHARGES tab on our home page to view those charges.
Please note the inside dimensions indicated for the niches in each columbarium category; if two urns are to fit in a niche, the urns must be sized appropriately. Urns must be made of a durable material such as wood, metal, glass, stone, ceramic, plastic, or reproductions of those materials.
Guidelines for Cremation Urn Dimensions
In all of our columbarium structures, each niche is designed to contain two (2) individual cremation urns with the understanding that those urns are in compliance with the urn dimension guidelines listed below. Please note that regardless of the geometric shape and the material from which an urn is made, the overall size of EACH INDIVIDUAL URN must not exceed the following height, width, and depth dimensions:
- HEIGHT (top to bottom in the niche) – NOT TO EXCEED TEN (1O) INCHES.
- WIDTH (left to right in the niche) – NOT TO EXCEED TEN (1O) INCHES.
- DEPTH (front to back in the niche) – NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN (7) INCHES.
Woodland Terrace Columbarium Garden & Ossuary
Woodland Terrace Columbarium Garden & Ossuary is a beautifully arranged grouping of three individual granite columbaria. The two gracefully curved wall structures and the central round structure contain a total of four-hundred-seventy-two niches to accommodate the placement and permanent memorialization of cremated remains in urns. The center structure also contains an ossuary space for the communal placement of cremated remains.
Blue Hill Cemetery and Crematory offers a variety of options for earth interment, mausoleum encryptment, and columbarium inurnment; please go to the SELECTING A PROPER PLACE tab on our homepage to learn more. You may also call 781-843-9000 to ask for additional information and to set a pre-arrangement appointment. Payment plans are available.
WOODLAND TERRACE COLUMBARIUM GARDEN & OSSUARY
Three Free-Standing Granite Structures with Niches on Twelve Sides
Niches in Row G
Upper Level
One Niche – $2,850
Niches in Row F
One Niche – $2,850
Niches in Row E
One Niche – $2,850
Niches in Row D
One Niche – $2,850
Niches in Row C
One Niche – $2,850
Niches in Row B
One Niche – $2,550
Niches in Row A
Lower Level
One Niche – $2,550
The Ossuary
Communal Chamber $650
The Ossuary is a chamber in the center of the Columbarium structure.
Prices includes the right to place cremated remains in the Ossuary. The cremated remains being placed in the Ossuary will be there together with other cremated remains in a communal space. Placement of cremated remains in the ossuary is irreversable and permanent.
Prices do not include the fee for placing cremated remains in the ossuary.
Prices do not include permanent memorialization.
Cremated remains cannot be placed in the ossuary if contained in an urn. Cremated remains must be in a durable and transparent polybag.
Blue Hill Cemetery personnel will remove the durable and clear polybag containing cremated remains from an urn and transfer them into a dignified fabric pouch to facilitate placement in the ossuary chamber.
WOODLAND PATH COLUMBARIUM & OSSUARY
Niches in Row F
Upper Level
One Niche – $2,850
Niches in Row E
One Niche – $2,850
Niches in Row D
One Niche – $2,850
Niches in Row C
One Niche – $2,850
Niches in Row B
One Niche – $2,550
Niches in Row A
Lower Level
One Niche – $2,550
The Ossuary
Communal Chamber $650
The Ossuary is a chamber in the center of the Columbarium structure.
Prices includes the right to place cremated remains in the Ossuary. The cremated remains being placed in the Ossuary will be there together with other cremated remains in a communal space. Placement of cremated remains in the ossuary is irreversable and permanent.
Prices do not include the fee for placing cremated remains in the ossuary.
Prices do not include permanent memorialization.
Cremated remains cannot be placed in the ossuary if contained in an urn. Cremated remains must be in a durable and transparent polybag.
Blue Hill Cemetery personnel will remove the durable and clear polybag containing cremated remains from an urn and transfer them into a dignified fabric pouch to facilitate placement in the ossuary chamber.
GARDEN OF ASCENSION COLUMBARIUM
AN ALCOVE WITH FIVE WALLS OF NICHES
LIMITED AVAILABILITY
All Remaining Niches – $2,200