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It was so wonderful to welcome these hardy battlefield explorers to the site recently- our first school tour since the pandemic!
P7 loved their trip to Prestonpans to visit the exact battle site of the Battle of Prestonpans. It was a very soggy day but our P7’s decided it made the walk more authentic! @Prestonpans1745 We added so much more to our learning thanks to Captain Johnston.
Opening our Rough Wooing session, Jane Bower of the 12 Towers of Rule project explores how they are interpreting and remembering a destructive campaign through the Borders.
Time now for questions on our Rough Wooing presentations, which each provide very different but equally engaging examples of communities approaching their local heritage sites with fresh ideas and new initiatives.
Moving to the 17th century now, with our own @ArranPJohnston discussing the Dunbar 1650 Project, and and how it helped formulate ideas for our new "battlefield champions" advice booklet.
Gordon Prestoungrange now speaking from @Prestonpans1745 , opening our Jacobite themed set of project reports and case studies.
Concluding our Jacobite session, Katey from @CullodenNTS is updating us on he high-profile challenges they have been facing there, and the NTS position going forwards.
Out 7th Scottish Battlefields Symposium has just got underway in Edinburgh. We'll tweet some updates through the day.
Diarmid reflecting on the differences between protecting physical structures and historic (often emotive) landscapes. Considers that Scottish battlefields do not have proactive post-designation management plans which weakens long-term protection, nor formal at-risk assessments.