The Welsh Historic Environment Strategic Statement: Action Plan

The Welsh Historic Environment
Strategic Statement: Action Plan
Updated 31 October 2010
Alun Ffred Jones AM, Minister for Heritage

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Key to acronyms and abbreviations
ACW Arts Council of Wales
AGSBs Assembly Government Sponsored Bodies
ALGAO Cymru Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers in Wales
APT Association of Preservation Trusts
CBA Wales Council for British Archaeology Wales
CTW Civic Trust for Wales
CyMAL Museums Archives and Libraries Wales
DCELLS Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills
HEG Historic Environment Group
HERs Historic Environment Records
HLF Heritage Lottery Fund
ICE Institution of Civil Engineers
IHBC Institute for Historic Building Conservation
IfA Cymru Institute for Archaeologists – Cymru/Wales Group
LAs Local Authorities
LAWHF Local Authorities World Heritage Forum
NHTG National Heritage Training Group
NLW National Library of Wales
NMW Amgueddfa Cymru — National Museum Wales
NTW National Trust Wales
RCAHMW Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
RICS Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
RSAW Royal Society of Architects in Wales
VW Visit Wales
WAG Welsh Assembly Government
WATs Welsh Archaeological Trusts
WCVA Wales Council for Voluntary Action
WEFO Wales European Funding Office
WLGA Welsh Local Government Association

Conservation and protection of the historic environment
Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
A modern, clear
accountable and simple
system of heritage
protection.
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw WAG Planning
Division
Publish a set of conservation principles for Wales in
summer 2010.
October 2010 Draft published for consultation in July 2009;
post consultation revision on assessing significance prepared
for discussion at Treftadaeth 2010. To be published in final
form in late November 2010.
Issue draft guidance for local planning authorities and other key
interests on Historic Environment Records in November 2009.
October 2010 Draft guidance prepared and circulated to
Archaeological Trusts and RCAHMW for comment; draft
guidance issued to local authorities in July 2010.
Commence a review of selection criteria for heritage asset
designation by the end of 2009.
October 2010 Consultation document in preparation to be issued
by March 2011.
Deliver a Treftadaeth 2010 conference to engage the heritage
sector in the practical implementation of the improvements being
made to the heritage protection system, in anticipation of any
future heritage protection legislation.
October 2010 Conference took place on 1 July 2010 in Liberty
Stadium, Swansea, with around 100 attendees.
Commence preparation of draft planning guidance for the
historic environment, including for World Heritage Sites, by the
end of 2009.
October 2010 Internal WAG meetings held and revision of chapter
6 of Planning Policy Wales being prepared for consultation by
March 2011; work on more detailed guidance to replace
circulars 60/61/96 and 1/98 will follow; there will be
consultation with the sector.
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Objectives Lead body Supporting
body
Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Identification, recording
and designation of
heritage assets.
RCAHMW
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw/WATs
RCAHMW
RCAHMW
RCAHMW
RCAHMW
Prospect for and record heritage assets through the Uplands
Archaeology Initiative, the aerial reconnaissance programme,
the national dendrochronology programme, the maritime
enhancement project and thematic studies.
October 2010 Heritage assets identified and recorded through
delivery of annual targets for new uplands surveys and
through ongoing aerial reconnaissance and maritime
database enhancement.
Complete the scheduling designation for all known prehistoric
and Roman monuments of national importance by the end
of 2012.
October 2010 Prehistoric and Roman sites assessment programme
on target for completion by end 2012.
Complete phase 1 of the programme to designate all known
twentieth-century military structures of national importance by
the end of 2011 and to establish a programme to complete the
identification and designation of further twentieth-century
defensive sites.
October 2010 Phase 1 scheduling assessment programme on
target for completion. Proposals for the assessment of further
20th century defensive sites have been prepared for the Welsh
Archaeological Trusts. This assessment programme due to begin
in April 2011.
Commence a programme of thematic study and designation of
Welsh ship wrecks in summer 2010.
October 2010 A thematic study of wrecks relating to the Welsh
slate and coal trades has been commissioned and the first
phase (desk-top study) is now complete. A programme of
marine geophysical survey has been undertaken summer 2010,
which examined particular areas of potential identified during
the desk-top work. The survey report will identify anomalies
which can be the focus for further investigation including diving
and, potentially, future designation.
Commence work in summer 2010 on programme of thematic
surveys of twentieth-century building types.
October 2010 Advice setting out the general principles that will
guide selection of twentieth-century buildings is in preparation.
This headline guidance will be followed by more detailed
advice on a range of building types. Work on these has started
and a guide on libraries will be published for consultation in
March 2011.
Establish a programme for the identification and the provision
of protection for further medieval and later monument types
of national importance by the end of 2010.
October 2010 Welsh Archaeological Trusts have completed a
scoping study to inform the establishment of a programme
for further protection. The Trusts will begin an assessment
programme of medieval ecclesiastical sites in November 2010.
This will be followed by scheduling projects in 2011.

Objectives Lead body Supporting
body
Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Identification, recording
and designation of
heritage assets.
Cadw RCAHMW Undertake consultation on the establishment of a Register of
Battlefields in Wales in spring 2010.
October 2010 Historical research has been completed and
received on fourteen key sites, including Bryn Glas (Pilleth).
A draft consultation on definitions and selection criteria for
inclusion on the register is currently being considered internally
within WAG before being launched in early 2011.
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Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
Conservation of properties
in State care.
Cadw Undertake five-year programme to deliver the conservation
priorities identified in the 2009 quinquennial review of properties
in State care.
October 2010 Good progress towards completion of highest
priority works identified in last quinquennial review. Some new
priorities added as a result of damage caused by severe winter
weather earlier in 2010.

Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
Effective management
and provision of access
to historic environment
records.
RCAHMW
RCAHMW
Cadw
Cadw/HERs
Maintain the National Monuments Record of Wales as the
permanent national archive for the historic environment and
complete the agreed development programmes for Coflein
as its online catalogue.
October 2010 Agreed development programmes for Coflein
through the SWISH shared services partnership on target;
NMR managed according to TNA standards.
Enhance the Historic Wales portal, so that all electronic records
relating to the historic environment are fully accessible to the
public online by the end of 2012.
October 2010 Welsh Archaeological Trusts launched their online
HER service (Archwilio) at Treftadaeth in July 2010: Cadw
listed building descriptions added to Historic Wales Portal;
development work begun through SWISH partnership for
upgraded front end; work continuing by Welsh Archaeological
Trusts to make Archwilio service available through the Portal.
Establish an accessible and unified heritage information system of
designated assets that meets the expectations of the proposed
heritage protection reforms by the end of 2012.
October 2010 The development of a joint database of heritage
assets, which draws together existing information on scheduled
ancient monuments, listed buildings, registered landscapes,
parks and gardens and historic wrecks, is underway and due for
completion by end March 2011. The database will form the
basis for improved management and protection systems in line
with heritage protection reforms.
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Regeneration and sustainable development through heritage
Objectives Lead body Supporting
body
Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
People with the skills
and understanding to
conserve and regenerate
heritage assets.
People with the skills
and understanding to
make decisions about
the historic environment.
NHTG/Cadw
Construction
Skills
Cadw/WCVA
NHTG
Cadw
NTW
Construction
Skills/Cadw/
HLF
IHBC/WLGA
Promotion of conservation and traditional building craft skills.
Participation in partnership to continue implementing the
Traditional Skills Bursary Scheme.
October 2010 Cadw continues to support the development of
traditional skills both in house with its Cadwraeth Cymru craft
team and in the wider historic environment as a partner in the
Traditional Building Skills Bursary Scheme and in the Wales
Traditional and Sustainability Building Skills Advisory Group.
In conjunction with DCELLS, develop opportunities for
promoting traditional skills through the 14–19 Pathways project.
October 2010 Cadw will be discussing with Construction Skills
Wales and DCELLS the inclusion of heritage skills in the 14–19
Pathways project.
Develop opportunities with the third sector for volunteering at
heritage sites.
October 2010 Currently in the early stages of scoping out a
programme of work to develop a volunteering policy and
strategy. Initial work being undertaken to consult a variety of
third sector organizations for advice, explore opportunities for
working in partnership and develop an action timetable.
Development of training opportunities for conservation and
heritage skills. Participation in the Wales training group to develop
a pilot action plan to promote heritage training in Wales. Work to
develop a pilot for a shared apprenticeship scheme in traditional
skills and support HLF Skills for the Future programme.
October 2010 The Historic Environment Group has decided to
convene a workshop, and potentially a sub-group to explore
skills gaps and suggest responses.
Development of a targeted programme of training and mentoring
of local planning authority staff engaged in the management of
the historic environment, and in listed building and conservation
area control skills in particular, by April 2010.
October 2010 First round of listed building consent training/
mentoring workshops with each authority completed in
February 2010; new round to be arranged in 2011 in the light
of evaluation.

Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
People with the skills
and understanding to
conserve and regenerate
heritage assets.
People with the skills
and understanding to
make decisions about
the historic environment.
IHBC/ IfA
Cymru/
ALGAO
Cymru
APT/IHBC/
Cadw
Cadw/CyMAL
Cadw
Cadw/
RCAHMW/
RSAW/RICS/
ICE and others
RCAHMW
Development of a strategic continuing professional development
training programme and events for conservation professionals
and heritage managers.
October 2010 Cadw and the Welsh Archaeological Trusts, working
with the Council for British Archaeology will deliver an HLF
Skills for the Future project. The project will provide training
in community archaeology and the detailed training plan
has been submitted to HLF, including four annual training
placements across Wales each year from 2011–14.
The Royal Commission ran professional seminars for over
150 attendees in 2009/10 and hosted a six-month UNESCO
Workplace Learning Bursary as well as providing contributions
to CPD events elsewhere. It has secured funding from the
HLF/IfA and UNESCO Cymru-Wales for two further Workplace
Learning Bursaries in 2011.
Upskilling community groups and building preservation trusts
to specify conservation and regeneration works.
October 2010 Cadw funding given towards a study of BPT activity
in Wales to be published in early 2011.
Support the establishment of a third sector-led heritage network
for Wales in 2010.
October 2010 Cadw and CyMAL are observers to the steering
group and provided funding for feasibility study. Steering Group
has considered the feasibility report and are considering next
steps, including a small-scale pilot project.
Establish a programme for the production of guidance and
resources that will aid people to understand the significance
and character of individual heritage assets and asset types by
summer 2010.
October 2010 Cadw is currently defining the scope of guidance
to support local communities in understanding the historic
character of their towns by working both with the CTW and
local groups. It is anticipated that this support will take the
form both of published or web-based guidance, and of
mentoring, or working alongside groups interested in
undertaking characterization work. This will be taken forward
during 2011.
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Objectives Lead body Supporting
body
Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Capturing distinctiveness.
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
LAs Complete the initial programme of 2 urban characterization
studies in each of the 6 spatial plan areas by the end of
March 2012.
October 2010 Studies have been completed and reports produced
for Aberdare, Caernarfon Waterfront, Denbigh, Dolgellau and
Flint. Studies of Blaenau Ffestiniog and Pontypool have also
been completed; the report for Blaenau Ffestiniog is in
production. Work is underway on studies for Aberystwyth,
Merthyr Tydfil and Cefn Mawr. A study of Pembroke is planned
next year.
Refine the emerging techniques of the urban characterization
process by August 2010 and implement a communication
strategy on urban characterization, including the publication
of technical guidance on methodology and use in spring 2011.
October 2010 Discussion and feedback on completed reports
ensures that the techniques of characterization are refined and
continue to develop to meet needs. Conference presentations
and workshops have been promoting the concept of
characterization to a wide audience, and feedback from them
is helping to inform the scope and nature of technical guidance.
Discussions with the Civic Trust for Wales about how to involve
local groups in the characterization process are on-going, and
local workshops have taken place at Tredegar and Welshpool
as a collaboration between Cadw, the Civic Trust for Wales, and
the local authority. Work is also underway on the preparation of
an introductory leaflet and web-pages for characterization.
Disseminate the methodology and use of the urban
characterization process by means of mentoring workshops
organized with stakeholders, including community heritage
interests, and promote the methodology to local planning
authorities in spring 2011.
October 2010 Potential trialling in 2011.

Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
Tackle heritage at risk.
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
RCAHMW
Cadw
Cadw
RCAHMW
Advocate the broadening of protection for historic features on
farmland, for example, through Glastir scheme.
October 2010 Cadw has been closely involved with the
identification of protection and management options for the
Glastir scheme. Welsh Archaeological Trusts have recently
completed the digital mapping of all historic features on
farmland to inform the scheme. The Trusts are responding
to enquiries and supporting training for land managers
wishing to join the scheme. Revised advice on the GAEC
recommendations have been made for the protection of
scheduled sites.
Publish a summary analysis of listed buildings at risk in Wales by
October 2009.
October 2010 A summary of the position across Wales was
published in October 2009.
Provide a web facility for local planning authorities and other
approved bodies to create better access to information on listed
buildings at risk in Wales.
October 2010 BAR web facility for local authorities and others —
available and local authorities initially have been invited to
register interest shortly.
Publish details of chapels at risk with assistance from RCAHMW
by October 2009.
October 2010 List of chapels at risk has been published on
Cadw’s web site.
Commission a detailed all-Wales listed buildings at risk survey
programme in 2010.
October 2010 Specification inviting tenders in preparation for issue
by end 2010.
Further develop a programme to record key buildings and sites
focused on categories of assets at particular risk.
October 2010 Systems established to respond to nominations for
the recording of buildings and sites at risk to ensure a
permanent record of them in the National Monuments Record
of Wales.
Review grants programmes to focus on strategic priorities in
2010 in the light of findings from ‘at risk’ surveys and emerging
regeneration opportunities.
October 2010 Grant priorities to be established in light of CSR and
budget allocations.
Undertake a review of ancient monuments, historic parks and
gardens and marine assets at risk by December 2010, with a view
to establishing ‘At Risk’ Registers for such assets.
October 2010 Work is underway to develop a set of criteria for
the identification of scheduled ancient monuments, parks and
gardens and marine assets at risk. The criteria to identify
scheduled ancient monuments at risk will be applied nationally
during the forthcoming quinquennial monument condition
survey, scheduled to commence in April 2011.
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Objectives Lead body Supporting
body
Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Tackle heritage at risk.
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
HEG
RCAHMW/
WATs
RCAHMW
Complete the establishment of a list of early medieval inscribed
stones at risk and raise awareness through the establishment of
a website by summer 2010.
October 2010 The compilation of a Stones at Risk list by Nancy
Edwards and Mark Redknap was completed in December
2009. Each stone has been given a categorization on the basis
of a ‘traffic-light’ system with green for stable and red for
danger. Work on website is in hand.
Review condition monitoring programme of Scheduled Ancient
Monuments by April 2010 and commence fifth round of
monitoring visits and annual aerial photographic monitoring.
October 2010 The fourth round SAM quinquennial review was
completed in April 2010. A report of scheduled monument
condition is underway and due to be completed by end
December 2010. A pilot project to develop a methodology to
assess monument condition through aerial photographic
analysis is underway and due to be completed by end
December 2010. Fifth round of monitoring visits due to
commence April 2011.
Establish programme of monitoring of un-scheduled monuments
on agricultural land by December 2010.
October 2010 Cadw has grant-aided the Welsh Archaeological
Trusts to prepare baseline data on a sample of non-designated
historic features on farmland – this was completed in
September. This will be used for future repeat monitoring.
Review criteria for taking sites into guardianship by June 2010.
October 2010 Steering group established within Cadw with
external adviser.
HEG support to aid monitoring/understanding the impacts of
climate change on the historic environment and produce
priorities for action to mitigate consequences of climate change.
October 2010 HEG sub-group finalizing brief for the first stage
of a contract to undertake an assessment of impact and
current initiatives to address impact of climate change on
the historic environment.

Objectives Lead body Supporting
body
Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Ensure that the historic
environment contributes
to regeneration objectives
and the Welsh tourism
offer nationally and locally.
Cadw
VW
WAG Heritage
Department
Cadw
Cadw
VW/WAG
Regeneration/
LAWHF
VW/WEFO
Deliver Heritage Tourism Project, 2009–14 and establish
sustainable partnerships for ongoing development of heritage
and tourism product.
October 2010 Defence of the Realm contract awarded in May
2010. Further projects linked to Castles and Princes of
Medieval Wales currently being tendered with further funding
opportunities available on a phased basis until 2014. Major
developments at several Cadw sites will provide a platform
for local, regional and national heritage tourism promotion.
‘Illuminata’ son et lumière digital sound and light show held
at Caerphilly Castle 26 September – 8 October. Oystermouth
Castle, Swansea project commenced September 2010.
Contract awarded for refurbishment of Strata Florida
visitor centre.
Work with the Cultural Tourism Steering Group and Partnership
to deliver the Cultural Tourism Action Plan.
October 2010 Many of the actions in the Cultural Tourism Plan
have been or are in the process of being completed; a couple
of projects have been delayed because of the difficulty in
attracting Interreg funding. The Cultural Tourism Steering Group
will need to consider the preparation of a new three-year
action plan for implementation from autumn of 2011 onwards.
Identify hierarchy of heritage and cultural assets/opportunities
and promote them so that local, regional and national assets
contribute effectively to Wales on the world stage.
October 2010 Cadw awarded Europa Nostra prize in June 2010
for conservation work at St Davids Bishop’s Palace.
Establish programme for World Heritage Sites to act as attractors
and basis for tourism and wider regeneration/sustainable
development projects.
October 2010 North East Wales Cultural Action Plan has been
agreed and a steering group set up under the Minister’s
chairmanship to take the action plan forward. Officers’
workshop held on 4 October to discuss the further
development of the action plan. A steering group meeting
to take place 25 November 2010.
Identify prioritized plan for maximizing European links and
funding/partnership opportunities, for example, European
Cultural Tourism Network/European Route for Industrial
Heritage.
October 2010 To be discussed at Heritage Interpretation and
Tourism Summit on 9 December 2010.
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Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
Sustainable development.
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
Produce policies and guidance that are relevant in a modern
context. Issue guidance on the sustainable maintenance of
dwellings and of places of worship in December 2009. Issue
guidance on micro-generation and the historic environment in
March 2010.
October 2010 Leaflets on maintaining historic houses and places
of worship published in February 2010; dedicated
Maintenance Matters! web site launched 17 June 2010.
The new Cadw guidance booklet Renewable energy and
your historic building. Installing micro-generation systems:
a guide to best practice was launched on July 20 2010.
Replace existing floodlighting at Cadw monuments with
low-energy lighting, to reduce energy consumption and carbon
emissions by 90%.
October 2010 Under the Assembly Government’s Strategic Capital
Investment Fund Cadw secured almost £1m for a programme
of works for eco-lighting to replace flood lighting with LED units
at seventeen monuments in state care, illumination of historic
town walls within three towns and installation of micro-hydro
power generation at a further three monuments. The project
started in April 2010 and is progressing well. 80% completed
realising a 53% reduction in energy consumption and a 56%
reduction in CO2 emissions.
Include a minimum of 15% recycled materials and actively pursue
energy efficient interventions in all new visitor developments.
October 2010 All new buildings on Cadw estate will be required to
comply with this objective. Proposed new toilet block at Raglan
Castle incorporates in excess of 15% recycled materials, with
high insulation values and photo voltaic water heating.

Public Access and Appreciation
Objectives Lead body Supporting
body
Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Making heritage sites
enjoyable, relevant and
stimulating to visit.
Cadw
Cadw/ACW
Cadw
NMW/CyMAL/
HEG
Draft pan-Wales Heritage Interpretation Plan and align
with emerging strategies during 2009–10. Deliver heritage
interpretation and heritage and the arts summit by the end
of 2010.
October 2010 Five interpretation plans for Castles and Princes
of Wales have been completed (Princes of Gwynedd, Castle
and town walls of Edward I, Princes of Deheubarth, Lords of
the Southern march and Owain Glyndwˆr).
Interpretation plans for Origins, Roman Wales, Spiritual and
Inspirational Landscapes (Chapels, Churches and Monastic
Landscapes; Celtic Saints and Pilgrimage; Artistic Responses)
and Wales the First Industrial Nation have been commissioned.
Heritage and Arts summit was held at Caerphilly Castle on
6 October and a summit on Heritage Interpretation will take
place on 9 December 2010 in North Wales.
Deliver Cultural Olympiad inspired Cauldrons and Furnaces
project between 2009 and 2012 and use as basis to develop
framework for continuing heritage and arts collaboration.
October 2010 Cadw is directing this project in partnership with
the Arts Council of Wales and the UK Legacy Trust. The project,
centred on eight Cadw monuments, is developing rapidly and
building on activities undertaken by youth groups in 2009,
the most eye catching of which was a performance of the
Mabinogion at Harlech Castle. 2010 projects include
supporting ‘Illuminata’ at Caerphilly Castle.
Develop and deliver Welsh Cultural Heritage Initiative phase 1
by March 2011 and establish programme of future strands
featuring other headline aspects of Welsh cultural heritage in
the historic environment.
October 2010 Projects underway at Nevern Castle (excavation,
conservation and interpretation), Strata Florida Abbey (new
interpretation including enhancements to visitor centre),
Deganwy Castle (survey, conservation, access and
interpretation), Sycharth (conservation, interpretation and
provision of car parking), Glyndyfrdwy motte (Conservation/
stabilization of motte and interpretation), Abergwyngregyn
(interpretation and excavation), Abaty Cwm Hir (interpretation
and improved parking), Machynlleth Parliament (building
conservation and interpretation) and Llys Rhosyr (conservation,
archaeological research, improved public access and
interpretation). All work on target for completion March 2011.
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Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
Making heritage sites
enjoyable, relevant and
stimulating to visit.
RCAHMW
RCAHMW
Work with the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage
Site partnership to produce a definitive guidebook to the new
World Heritage Site by the end of 2011.
October 2010 Royal Commission proposals approved by World
Heritage Site Steering Group and research work underway
by Commission staff and through two UNESCO Workplace
Learning Bursaries and Interreg Atlanterra project.
Collaborate with BBC Wales to produce a second series
of Hidden Histories by the end of 2009 and with S4C to
produce a series about houses of the Welsh countryside
by the end of 2010.
October 2010 Hidden Histories second series shown to around
500,000 people on BBC Two Wales and BBC Four network
during 2009/10. Third series of Hidden Histories nearing
completion and due for transmission in February 2011.
Six-hour landmark series Cartrefi Cefn Gwlad Cymru
broadcast on S4C from October 2010, with an accompanying
bilingual book.

Objectives Lead body Supporting
body
Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Understanding and tackling
barriers to access:
Physical
Attitudinal
Logistical
Financial
Cadw/NMW
Heritage
Department
and AGSBs
VW/Cadw
Cadw
Share audience development and charging policies so access
barriers, including cost, are assessed and tackled.
October 2010 to be discussed following restructuring of Cadw,
late 2010.
Understand audiences and gaps. Joined-up action to promotion/
targeted activity.
October 2010 Identified groups of under-represented people
through research in 2008. Working with organizations in areas
identified by community profiles that have expressed a desire
to work on joint promotion such as Flintshire and Denbighshire,
not only to attract more visitors from further afield but also to
engage the local community, especially from under-represented
groups. Songs from Stones initiative extended to Rhuddlan,
Flint, Ewloe and Denbigh in 2010. Focusing effort at Cultural
Olympiad sites to develop community engagement, particularly
with young people.
Explore incentivized admissions/offers to encourage
sustainable travel.
October 2010 Cadw has worked with Arriva Trains Wales to
promote sustainable travel to the monuments. Plans in hand to
offer 2 for 1 admission during 2011 at selected monuments.
Review Cadw Access Strategy by December 2010.
October 2010 Review begun with identification of priority
monuments for access development, summer 2010.
Programmes of activity to be established following Cadw
restructuring, late 2010.
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Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
Language and ‘sense
of place’.
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
Implementation of the community profiling action plan taking
forward community engagement by October 2009.
October 2010 Sixty community profiles for Cadw monuments
completed and follow up work implemented and reviewed.
Additional work now in planning stage to ensure wider
communities are being engaged, especially people from
under-represented groups.
Introduce mentoring for community events by March 2010.
October 2010 Community groups and individuals being
encouraged to become more interested in their local
monuments by, for example, organizing local events, developing
heritage trails etc. Examples of greater community
engagement include Rhuddlan, Flint, and Dyfi and will be
extended over the next few years, especially at Cultural
Olympiad sites.
Introduce phased programme of bilingual ‘Croeso’ leaflets and
bilingual guidebooks at Cadw monuments by November 2009.
October 2010 Project underway to evaluate prototype Croeso
leaflets. Welsh Language guidebook for Criccieth Castle will be
published early 2011.

Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
Public participation
and volunteering.
Cadw
Cadw
Cadw
Investigate options for ‘friends of’ monuments in State care
across Wales by March 2010.
October 2010 Strategy for community engagement and
volunteering to be considered following Cadw staff restructure,
late 2010.
Deliver Learning Festivals at 8 monuments across Wales
by May 2010.
October 2010 In 2009 Cadw organized four learning festivals over
thirteen days (at Caerphilly, Caernarfon, St Davids and Tintern).
In 2010 a series of one-day festivals coinciding with UK Adult
Learners Week held at seven sites (Caerwent, Criccieth,
Denbigh, Laugharne, Plas Mawr, Tintern and St Davids, as well
as two-day festivals at Caerphilly and Caernarfon. Further
development of an integrated approach to lifelong learning in
the historic environment sector will be explored with partners in
2010–11.
Target hard-to-reach audiences and devise a programme of
engagement/activities by December 2009.
October 2010 Audience development plan to be developed by
Cadw in 2010–12, together with community engagement on
the back of research into access barriers undertaken in
2009–10
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Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
Public access to
information and online
service provision.
Cadw
Cadw
CyMAL
RCAHMW
RCAHMW
RCAHMW/
NMW/NLW
Cadw/CyMAL/
NMW/NLW
Explore options for e-promotion, e-communication and
marketing by November 2009.
October 2010 Cadw launched a new micro-website in May 2010
dedicated to showcasing and advertising its events. The site
is smartphone friendly and is accompanied by a glossy
newspaper sized advertising ‘pull out’ available at B&Bs,
hotels and other tourism outlets. www.cadwevents.co.uk
In September 2010 Cadw launched new i-phone and
smartphone applications to promote Cadw sites and events.
Develop a new Cadw website with improved accessibility and
functionality by April 2010.
October 2010 A new Cadw events website (www.cadwevents.co.uk
www.digwyddiadaucadw.co.uk )went live in June 2010 providing
up-to-date searchable information on activities and events at
Cadw sites throughout Wales.
Cadw is investigating opportunites to develop a new website
with improved functionality.
Develop new media solutions for remote access to heritage sites
and in particular online resources for people interested in visiting
heritage sites, including web-based tours and trails and new tools
through the People’s Collection by 2011.
October 2010 People’s Collection launched in August 2010 at the
National Eisteddfod.
Promote the use of the National Monuments Record of Wales
as a rich educational resource for the national curriculum, higher
education studies and local history, producing 3 new education
resources by 2010 and providing training in its use for teachers,
higher education students and community groups.
October 2010 Three new educational resources produced during
2009–10 and three more in preparation during 2010–11;
events held to promote resources directly to teachers.
Develop a programme to pilot online resources that provide
exciting virtual access to the historic environment working with
communities and communities of interest to assess user needs.
October 2010 Innovation Pilot managed for People’s Collection,
launched August 2010.

Research and Scholarship
Objectives Lead body Supporting
body
Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Study of Welsh history.
Cadw/CyMAL/
RCAHMW
Cadw
RCAHMW
WAG/DCELLS/
Universities
Encourage the study of local history and community-based
research to engender greater ‘sense of place’.
October 2010 Cadw and CyMAL are planning a pilot approach via
a place names and landscape project in Flintshire in 2011.
Discussions between Cadw, CyMAL and local libraries,
museums, archives and historical societies to begin in 2011.
Royal Commission has worked with community groups directly
and provided awareness sessions at National Monuments
Record.
Promote the contribution of the historic environment to the
study of Welsh medieval and early modern history in schools
and higher education.
October 2010 Meetings held between Cadw and senior academics
from Swansea and Cardiff Universities and a fuller meeting
between the Heritage Minister and the nascent Institute for
Welsh History is being planned for later in 2010
Produce further publications that combine scholarly authority
with accessibility to a wide audience by publishing at least 3
substantial publications that increase understanding of Welsh
heritage by the end of 2012.
October 2010 Cadw is preparing a publications forward plan
which will be shared with partners with a view to developing a
long-term integrated historic environment publications strategy.
Major research publication, The Impact of the Castles of
Edward I in Wales, published. Royal Commission produced The
Welsh Cottage March 2010 and Cartrefi Cefn Gwlad Cymru
October 2010. It will produce Roman Frontiers in Wales and
Discovering Uplands Heritage: Mynydd Hiraethog before the
end of 2010/11.
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Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
Community engagement
and participation.
Cadw CTW/Civic
Trusts/WATs
Promote opportunities for voluntary and community
participation in research and ‘discovery’, for example, via
Heritage Open Doors programme.
October 2010 Civic Trust for Wales organized Open Doors
programme for August/September 2010 including free entry
to all Cadw sites on 12 September. The Welsh Archaeological
Trusts provided opportunities for voluntary engagement
on archaeological projects throughout Wales including
on a number of excavations grant-aided by Cadw during
summer 2010. Other volunteer opportunities were provided
by the Welsh Cultural Heritage Initiatives at Nevern Castle
and Abergwyngregyn.

Objectives Practical action 2009–11 and beyond
Lead body Supporting
body
Extending understanding
of the Welsh historic
environment.
IfA Cymru
Cadw
RCAHMW
Cadw/
RCAHMW/
WATs/CBA
Wales/
Universities
Review and clarify priorities for the archaeological research
framework by the end of 2010.
October 2010 Review of priorities underway with support of IfA
Cymru/Wales. The conference took place in September 2010.
Draft review papers for all aspects of Welsh archaeology
uploaded on website www.archaeology.org.uk
Promote partnerships to undertake new research programmes,
working with the Royal Commission and other institutions,
community groups, special interest groups, higher education
institutions and funding bodies.
October 2010 Active engagement with partner bodies including
discussions with representatives from Swansea University, the
Royal Commission and local special interest groups to develop
a collaborative research project centred on Neath Abbey.
Complete major research projects on Welsh chapels architecture,
rural cottages, battlefields and the Swansea Canal by the end of
2012 and identify a programme of new projects in areas of
greatest priority.
October 2010 Cottages project completed March 2010;
battlefields project brought to next stage with Cadw; Swansea
canal and chapels projects due for completion by the end of
2012. Additional projects developed on the slate industry, the
architecture of Herbert North and industrial workers’ housing.
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