Rural Landuse
There are over 100,000 archaeological & historic sites in Scotland, most of which are in rural areas. Only a fraction of these have protection as Scheduled Ancient Monuments or Listed Buildings and normal forestry and farming activities are exempt from the planning process. Archaeology Scotland's dedicated Rural Landuse Adviser, Jonathan Wordsworth works to promote the need for protection and conservation management of rural archaeological sites.
The following pages give advice to farmers, foresters and the general public on:
Farming, Forestry and Communities
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Rural Archaeology Bulletin - An occasional, downloadable newsletter with the latest events, policies and other news affecting archaeology and rural land management.
21 20th February 2009
22 13th May 2009
23 7th July 2009
24 3rd August 2009
25 5th October 2009
26 15th December 2009
27 19th February 2010
28 20th April 2010
29 10th June 2010
30 31st August 2010
Archaeology on Farm and Croft - A leaflet introducing farmers, crofters and other land managers to the value of Scotland's archaeological heritage. Though the contact details need to be checked with more recent details held elsewhere on this website, this leaflet remains a useful introduction on the value of archaeology to modern land managers and communities.
