Scotland – Ireland Archaeological Collaboration - Scotland

Scotland

Scotland – Ireland Archaeological Collaboration

30th October 2014, Edinburgh Castle

Rebecca JonesHead of Archaeology Strategy


30th October 2014, Edinburgh Castle>

Scotland’s National Outcomes



Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland



Creation of Historic Environment Scotland, 2015

http://historicscotland.rcahms.gov.uk/




Historic Environment Scotland Bill





Cross Cutting Strategic Priorities• Key aim: to ensure that the cultural, social, environmental and economic value of our

heritage continues to make a major contribution to the nation's wellbeing

Understand: Investigate and Record• Key aim: to investigate and record our historic environment to continually develop our

knowledge, understanding and interpretation of our past and how best to conserve, sustain and present it

Protect: Care and Protect• Key aim: to care for and protect the historic environment in order to both enjoy and

benefit from it and to conserve and enhance it for the benefit of future generations

Value: Share and Celebrate• Key aim: sharing and celebrating the richness and significance of our historic

environment, enabling us to enjoy the fascinating and inspirational diversity of our heritage






We need to adopt a Team Scotland approach – we simply cannot work in isolation if we are to achieve the best for our historic environment, and for

Scotland”Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs, March 2014






Historic Environment Scotland will be the lead public body and guardian of Scotland’s historic environment.

By supporting, enabling and collaborating with others, we will work to secure the brightest future for our nation’s heritage by:

• Increasing Understanding of the historic environment – through investigating and recording

• Enhancing Protection of the historic environment – through caring, collecting and conserving

• Placing more Value on the historic environment – through sharing and celebrating

• Playing a Lead role in the sector – through advising, enabling and collaborating with others

• Ensuring that the historic environment is built to Last – through efficient and sustainable management of our resources

Historic Environment Scotland





National Strategies





Dig It! 2015





Scottish Strategic Archaeology Committee





Archaeology will provide a greater understanding of Scotland’s landscapes, places, collections and identity, enriching and improving the quality of people’s lives.

Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy





• Encouraging Greater Engagement – To transform people’s engagement with their past through archaeology, ensuring that it makes a major contribution to the nation’s wellbeing.

• Enhancing Understanding – To increase knowledge, understanding and interpretation of the past.

• Care and Protect – To ensure that the physical evidence of the human past is managed sustainably for current and future generations.

• Sharing and Celebrating – To share and celebrate the understanding of our past. • Improving Skills – To ensure that people have the opportunity to acquire the

archaeological skills that they need or desire. • Innovation – To ensure that new and emerging research, science and innovative

applications are made available. • Improving Archaeological Projects – To improve the way that archaeological projects

are structured and their results delivered.

Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy





Investigate & Record • Climate Change• Innovation• Research Frameworks• Digital Data

Care & Protect• Regulation / Protecting Archaeology in the Development Process / Specification of Works• Continued Professional Development / Skills• World Heritage• Conservation / Protection of Monuments

Share & Celebrate• Communication & Interpretation• Tourism and Tourist Trails• Partnerships & Community Archaeology• Dissemination / Publication

Today’s Workshops



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