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The Work of Historic Monuments Unit
Dr John O’Keeffe
Work Area Statutory
Function of
the
Department
Primary
Legislation
Exercised through
other government
departments on advice
from NIEA
Policy-
based
Designation Regulation Advisory
Central Archive
(Sites and
Monuments
Record)
Arguably YES
This informs
all of our work
areas
HMAO YES YES YES YES
Survey YES YES YES
Acquisition and
Management of
State Care
Monuments
YES HMAO YES YES YES
Compilation of a
Schedule of
Historic
Monuments
YES HMAO YES YES YES
Management of
Scheduled
Monuments
YES HMAO YES YES YES YES
Licensing of
archaeological
excavations
YES HMAO YES YES YES YES
Reporting of
archaeological
objects
YES HMAO YES YES YES YES
Work Area Statutory
Function of
the
Department
Primary
Legislation
Exercised through
other government
departments on advice
from NIEA
Policy-
based
Designation Regulation Advisory
Treasure YES HMAO
Treasure Act
Treasure (Designation)
Order with parliament-
approved code for NI
YES YES YES YES
Development
Management
Planning (NI) Order
1991
General Development
(NI) Order 1993
+ amendments
+ other
YES YES YES YES
Strategic Spatial
Planning
Planning (NI) Order
1991
General Development
(NI) Order 1993
+ amendments
+ others
YES YES YES YES
Agri-
Environment /
Countryside
Management
Derived from EC
Regulations and NI
legislation
YES YES YES
Maritime
HeritageYES HMAO
Protection of Wrecks
Act 1973
Merchant Shipping Act
1995
YES YES YES YES
Strategic
Environmental
Assessment
YES
EC Directive
2001/42/EC
NI Legislation
YES YES
PROFESSIONAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
ADVICE
Dept. of Environment:
Policy Formation
Strategic Spatial Planning (e.g. Area Plans)
Operational Planning (e.g. Development Control)
Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and
Investment
Tourism, Energy, Mineral
Licences
Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development:
Policy Formation
Countryside Management
Agri-Environment
Forest/Woodland Planting
Rivers Management
Dept. of Social Development:
Policy Formation
Regeneration Projects
DCAL:
Policy Formation
Waterways and Canals
Development
Museums
Built Heritage and the Arts
Dept. of Regional Development:
Policy Formation
Infrastructural Development (e.g.
Roads/Water Schemes)
For example.....
Key Work Areas• Management of State Care Monuments
Development of Craft WorkforceAugmentation of Capacity vis-à-vis site managementEnhanced Public Access and ParticipationKey driver to society, economy and tourism
• Statutory ResponsibilitiesManagement of ConsentsManagement of LicencesProcessing of TreasureResponding to Environmental Crime
• Maintenance of the RecordOngoing Surveys and augmentation of the RecordRe-evaluation of the evidencePublic Access to the Information
• Continued Advisory Services to National Government, Assembly, Central Departments, Local Government/Councils, Industry, Wider SocietyStrategic Spatial PlanningOperational Development ManagementAgri-Environment/Countryside ManagementCare of the Government Estate
• Maintenance of Professional Standards and Effective Administration
Some gaps?
• The SMR is the fundamental hub.....but
lacks clear statutory basis?
(case law, custom and practice, broad
acceptance, a professional ‘norm’, does it
need any more?)
• Historic landscapes and the ELC?
• Position of devolved administrations vis-à
a-vis Conventions?
• Archaeological archives
Who is responsible?
• Works specifications
MEAT v BREAD
Professional Standards
• Affects broad section of the profession
The Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places
(the Burra Charter, 1999)
defines conservation as:
“all the processes of looking after a place [i.e. an historic
monument] so as to retain its cultural significance”
Challenges/Opportunities
• Expectation of Wider Society
• Aspirations of Industry and Commerce
• Un-tapped potential
• Budgetary and Procedural Requirements
• Resources
Wrecks JIBS Navigation hazards / mobile substrate
www.science.ulster.ac.uk/cma/
Project Opportunities
• Key Historical AnniversariesCentenary of the Great WarPartition of IrelandFour Hundredth Anniversary of PlantationMillennium of Clontarf
• Responding to Climate Change‘Managed Retreat’Realistic and deliverable strategies to enhance protection where it can be achievedInnovation in Energy Production
• European Landscape ConventionThe management of positive changeIncreasing public appreciation, understanding and participation in shared environmental stewardshipRecognising the ‘ordinary’ alongside the ‘extraordinary’
• Contribution to Hard ResearchScience, Arts, Humanities