There are calls for Clare Councillors to vote against new rules which govern Graveyards in the county.
New draft bye laws will go on public display in the coming days.
However the proposal to re-inforce a law dating to the 1800s which stipulates that graves must be 8 foot deep is already causing controversy.
Bye Laws governing county Clare's burial grounds have been in the works for over a year.
They include rules on the height of headstones, littering in graveyards and more controversially the depth of graves themselves.
If passed the document would would re-inforce a law dating to the 1800s which stipulates that graves must be 8 foot deep.
The bye laws will go on public display from Friday and will also be available on www.clarecoco.ie.
The public consultation will continue until mid-May.
