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The Work of Historic Monuments Unit Dr John O’Keeffe

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The Work of Historic Monuments Unit

Dr John O’Keeffe

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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

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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

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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.....

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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

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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?

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• Archaeological archives

Who is responsible?

• Works specifications

MEAT v BREAD

Professional Standards

• Affects broad section of the profession

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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”

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Challenges/Opportunities

• Expectation of Wider Society

• Aspirations of Industry and Commerce

• Un-tapped potential

• Budgetary and Procedural Requirements

• Resources

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Wrecks JIBS Navigation hazards / mobile substrate

www.science.ulster.ac.uk/cma/

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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