‘The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales’ — A New Industrial World Heritage Site

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ID20376396
AuthorsDavid Gwyn (corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume45
Issue1
Pages19-31
Publication date2023-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial Archaeology Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-0728 • E-ISSN: 1745-8196
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03090728.2023.2172253
OpenAlexW4323841400
LanguageEN
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UNESCO’s inscription of ‘The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales’ as a World Heritage Site in 2021 added for the first time a cultural landscape of quarrying to the World Heritage list, the culmination of a 12-year bid process for Gwynedd Council as the promoting local authority. Its six Component Parts exhibit clear visual and functional relationships with the wider landscape of Snowdonia and the sea, but also significant differences in terms of extraction, processing, workers’ settlements and transport. These were described and analysed in a well-produced dossier informed by a comprehensive comparative study, which set out how Wales’ robust systems of landscape protection ensured their effective management, and made clear the strong political, business and community support which the bid enjoyed, based on clear goals and ambitions. Inscription makes clear that there is a strong case for other globally significant quarrying landscapes to become World Heritage Sites

Archaeology · Civil engineering · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Cultural landscape · Geography · Human settlement · Industrial archaeology · Industrial heritage · Landscape archaeology · Landscape design · Landscape history · Local authority · Plucking · Political science · Politics · Tourism · World heritage · Cruise Tourism Development and Management · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Engineering · History · Law · Public Administration

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