Legacies of Conflict Recommendations

Identifying WWII Hut Foundations near the School

 

Archaeological Resource Management
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION CONTINUATION of PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3
ARM1 –
Landscape Designation / Historical
Research
ARM1.1 –
Designation of Lyness, Rinnigill & Wee Fea as conservation areas, volunteer heritage coordinator processing archive documents, encouraging fieldwork
ARM1.2 –
Creation of management plans, detailed recording of fragile buildings
ARM1.3 –
Digital mapping of wartime landscape, oral history recording programme
ARM2 –
Site
Conservation / Preservation
ARM2.1 –
Landowner/ land user dialogue, identification of external financial support funding streams, provision of funding guidance
ARM2.2  –
Structural conservation surveys of sites, landowner / land-user financial support grants / incentives
ARM2.3 –
Land/ building purchase/ lease, conservation of key sites, conversion & reuse for sustainable purposes
Education
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION CONTINUATION of PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3
ED1 –
Schools Education
ED1.1 –
Dialogue with other Orkney Schools
ED1.2 –
Production of school resource packs
ED1.3 –
Part-time education officer delivering CPD & schools programmes
ED2 –
Future
Generations
ED2.1 –
Dialogue with outdoor youth groups
ED2.2 –
Part-time education officer delivering/ supporting  children & youth activities
ED2.3 –
Production of child friendly interactive trails & interpretation
Community Enhancement
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION CONTINUATION of PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3
CE1 –
Passive Events Programme
CE1.1 –
Volunteer heritage coordinator arranging visiting speakers for an evening talks programme, permanent accessible wartime heritage archive
CE1.2 –
Part-time/ seasonal Heritage Officer delivering evening talks programme, development of mobile exhibitions
CE1.3 –
Full-time Heritage Officer delivering year round talks, workshops, film nights & roadshows
CE2 –
Active Events Programme
CE2.1 –
Volunteer heritage coordinator encouraging fieldwork, access & updating of archives
CE2.2 –
Part-time/seasonal Heritage Officer delivering drop-in sessions, site visits, walks & fieldwork
CE2.3 –
Full-time Heritage Officer delivering drop-in sessions, fieldwork, walks & site visits
Tourism
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION CONTINUATION of PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3
T1 –
Guided Walks
T1.1 –
Continuation of Lyness walks by SFVC&M staff, local volunteers to help lead walks
T1.2 –
Part-time/seasonal Heritage Officer developing & leading walks to other sites
T1.3 –
Site tours using location activated audio & visual handheld devices
T2 –
Interactive Trails
T2.1 –
Monitoring/ maintenance of Wee Fea geocache trail, dialogue with The Russian Arctic Convoys Museum Project
T2.2 –
Expansion of geocache trail to other areas, pilot study of GPS/App interpretive trails, boost local wifi/mobile phone infrastructure
T2.3 –
Island wide GPS & App digital trails incorporating Google HUD technology, boost wifi/mobile phone infrastructure
T3 –
Interpretation
T3.1 –
Introduction to wartime heritage pages on IoHDT website with site access guidance
T3.2 –
Mobile exhibition, web-based virtual museum, downloadable site guides
T3.3 –
Cycloramic experience/ interpretation centre(s)
T4 –
Publicity/
Promotion
T4.1 –
Orkney wide publicity of events & activities, strong web presence, BBC coverage of historical importance
T4.2 –
Contracted marketing plan, guidance on how best to publicise wartime heritage to attract visitors
T4.3 –
Delivery of marketing and advertising plan, deployment as part of wider island tourism plan

 

 

© Source: Lindsay, G.J. & Dobney, K. (2014). Legacies of Conflict: Hoy & Walls Wartime Heritage Project, Wartime Development Document. Island of Hoy Development Trust.

 

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