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A new five-year plan for the Antonine Wall World Heritage Site has been unveiled.
The proposals set out a framework for the management, conservation, promotion and interpretation of the site from 2014 to 2019.
It initially provides a 30-year vision for the Wall which will continue to build upon the work that has been carried out to protect and promote the site since it was nominated as a World Heritage Site in 2008. From this vision, a number of shorter-term goals have been published for the next five years. These include strengthening local, national and international partnerships; increasing the provision of digital resources and improving signage and paths.
The Partners of the Management Plan – Historic Scotland, East Dunbartonshire Council, Falkirk Council, Glasgow City Council, North Lanarkshire Council and West Dunbartonshire Council – have been working together to deliver the projects, and as a result, the new five-year Plan includes actions to build and expand this partnership working, extending it to projects involving Hadrian's Wall and the German Limes.
Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs said: The Antonine Wall is a site that has international recognition as part of a serial transnational World Heritage Site. This plan will allow valuable opportunities in the areas of learning, tourism and research to be advanced.
"Strong partnership working around site management and conservation are being developed by the Partners and I look forward to seeing this approach continuing over the next five years.
"The Antonine Wall is enjoyed and appreciated by many individuals and groups, not only within Scotland, but nationally and internationally. The actions and ambitions set out in this Management Plan will help to improve their experiences of, and engagement with, the World Heritage Site for the next five years."
The Antonine Wall is one of five World Heritage Sites in Scotland along with St Kilda, New Lanark, Heart of Neolithic Orkney, and the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh.
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