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WORLD HERITAGE LIST
Nomination Form
Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage.
Under the terms of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural
and Natural Heritage, adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1972, the
Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural
Heritage, called ‘the World Heritage Committee’ shall establish, under the title of ‘World
Heritage List’, a list of properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which
it considers as having outstanding universal value in terms of such criteria as it shall have
established.
The purpose of this form is to enable States Parties to submit to the World Heritage
Committee nominations of properties situated in their territory and suitable for inclusion
in the World Heritage List.
This ‘Nomination Document’ has been prepared in accordance with the ‘Format for the
nomination of cultural and natural properties for inscription on the World Heritage list’
issued by UNESCO.
The form has been completed in English and is sent in four copies to:-
The Secretariat
World Heritage Centre
UNESCO
7 place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP
France
UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION
The nomination documents for the proposed
extension of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire
World Heritage Site through the addition of the
Antonine Wall (UK) are published in 2007 by
Historic Scotland, Longmore House, Salisbury Place,
Edinburgh EH9 1SH
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Scottish Executive charged with safeguarding the
nation’s historic environment on behalf of Scottish
Ministers, and promoting its understanding and
enjoyment.
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ISBN-13 978 1 904966 38 8
The following organisations are committed to the nomination of the Antonine Wall for World Heritage Status
as an extension of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site.
FRONTIERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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FOREWORD
By the Rt Hon Tessa Jowell, MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Over 20 years ago the United Kingdom 2005 to include Hadrian’s Wall in the UK
ratified the World Heritage Convention. and the Upper German Raetian Limes,
In so doing we joined together with an will eventually encompass remains of the
international community committed to the Roman frontiers around Europe and the
identification and protection of universally Mediterranean region of North Africa and
significant places and monuments. We are the Middle East. The creation of this site is
keen to further the well established ideals of testimony to the co-operation between the
working in partnership with other nations German and UK States Parties and we hope
to secure our common shared heritage and to welcome and support nominations from
to continue our support for UNESCO’s many other countries seeking to add their
goals to broaden representation of the sections of the Roman frontier in the future.
World Heritage List. I am extremely grateful to the
I am therefore delighted to nominate German authorities, in particular the States
The Antonine Wall for inscription on the of Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen
World Heritage List. Situated in Scotland and Rheinland-Pfalz, and ministerial
and extending from the River Clyde to colleagues in Scotland for their support
the Firth of the Forth, The Antonine Wall for this nomination. I would also like to
is one of the UK’s most important Roman express my thanks to the many people and
monuments and the most northerly, organisations who have worked in a spirit
elaborate and complex land frontiers of the of partnership to develop this nomination
Roman empire. As such, this nomination and its accompanying Management Plan.
is presented as an extension to the trans- On behalf of the UK Government, I am
national Frontiers of the Roman Empire World delighted to give my full support to this
Heritage Site. This unique site, created in nomination for World Heritage status.
Tessa Jowell
LEFT: Hadrian’s Wall at Cawfields looking east. The Wall lies to the left and the Vallum to the right. Milecastle 42 sits in the foreground.
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Statement of SUPPORT
In 2005 the Upper German-Raetian Limes documentation. They are also involved in
(Obergermanisch-Raetischer Limes) in ongoing discussions on the creation of a
Germany was declared a World Heritage research strategy for Roman frontiers, under
Site. It joined Hadrian’s Wall in the UK the aegis of the European Archaeological Doris Ahnen
Ministerin für Bildung,
as the next section of the frontiers of Association. Germany is also a partner in
Wissenschaft, Jugend und
the Roman empire to become a World the European Commission’s Culture 2000
Kultur Rheinland Pfalz
Heritage Site, both stretches of the frontier project, the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
combining to form the new trans-national Such projects are a valuable way of sharing
Frontiers of the Roman Empire World knowledge and experience as well as raising
Heritage Site. Germany, and in particular the profile of this important part of our
the four Länder through which the frontier shared heritage.
passes, Rheinland-Pfalz, Hessen, Baden- Scotland and Germany have close ties
Württemberg and Bayern, are delighted to in their special interest in the frontiers of
be part of this innovatory approach which the Roman empire as both countries lay on Udo Corts
may well result in the world’s longest if not the edge, partly within but mostly outside of Hessischer Minister für
largest trans-national World Heritage Site. that empire. The Antonine Wall in Scotland Wissenschaft und Kunst
We look forward to cooperating with many was erected in the second century during
other countries in Europe, the Middle the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius,
East and north Africa in order to bring when the Upper German-Raetian Limes in
all the various sections of the frontiers of Germany was built. Men recruited in north
the Roman empire together into this new Britain served on the German frontier.
international community. We, the responsible authorities for Dr. Thomas Goppel
Bayerischer
This wider cooperation has World Heritage affairs in the four Länder
Staatsminister für
already commenced with the formation through which the Upper German-
Wissenschaft, Forschung
of a German-UK Inter-Governmental Raetian Limes passes, confirm that in our
und Kunst
Committee responsible for the management view the Antonine Wall has outstanding
infrastructure and development of the universal value and therefore fully support
Frontiers of the Roman Empire World the proposal to extend the Frontiers of the
Heritage Site. The committee is supported Roman Empire through the addition of the
by the ‘Bratislava Group’, a scientific Antonine Wall, and that the Management
Ernst Pfister, MdL
committee which provides professional Plan for the property confirms to the
Wirtschaftsminister
advice on technical, archaeological and principles set down in the Summary des Landes Baden-
scientific matters relating to the site. As Nomination Statement for Frontiers of the Württemberg
part of this group, German archaeologists Roman Empire World Heritage Site.
have provided advice to their colleagues in
Scotland on the nomination of the Antonine We wish our colleagues in the UK every
Wall and have seen and approved the final success.
LEFT: The German frontier still survives as a defining feature within the landscape today.
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PREFACE
Ms Patricia Ferguson, MSP, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport
Scotland’s existing World Heritage Sites Roman frontiers, roads, temporary camps,
reflect its long and colourful history. The two legionary bases, forts, including the
spectacular prehistoric remains of Orkney world famous Ardoch, fortlets and even the
represent our early past. Edinburgh Old smallest military structure, the observation
and New towns mark our medieval history tower. All these structures remind of us of
and the enlightenment of the eighteenth our heritage. It is from the Roman empire
century. New Lanark is a symbol, not only that Christianity came to our shores.
of our immense industrial heritage, but also Today, we live by Roman law. The treaty
the care exercised by the best owners for establishing the European Union was
their workers. St Kilda is a monument to signed in Rome.
the ability of people to live on the edge of The Antonine Wall is important
the world, as well as our spectacular natural not only as a visible reminder of one of
landscape and maritime heritage. the most important states that the World
It is appropriate that our Roman has ever seen, but also as part of a great
past should have a place in this pantheon. network of frontiers which that empire
Scotland first came to the attention of constructed in order to protect itself. It
the classical world through the voyage will be the third element, joining Hadrian’s
of Pytheas of Marseille 300 years before Wall and the German Limes, in the first
the birth of Christ. When Roman armies trans-national, serial World Heritage Site;
eventually reached this area they already the ‘Frontiers of the Roman Empire’. This
had considerable geographical knowledge, new kind of Site reflects the priorities
including the name which has resonated of the World Heritage Committee and
down the centuries, Caledonia. However, encourages support and cooperation
Scotland was to remain on the periphery of between the participating countries. In
the Roman world, subject to invasion and due course other countries with Roman
withdrawal over three centuries, with most Frontiers are planning to be part of the Site.
of the country never conquered. It is very exciting that Scotland is part of
It was during one of these episodes this initiative. The Antonine Wall is a vital
that the Antonine Wall was built. For a element in this framework because, for its
generation, in the second century AD, it time, it was the most advanced frontier
was the north-west frontier of the Roman constructed by Rome. It is for these reasons
empire. It is, however, but one monument that I am recommending to UNESCO
surviving from the Roman era. Scotland is inclusion of this monument on the list of
singularly fortunate in retaining the remains World Heritage Sites.
not just of the Antonine Wall but other
LEFT: The Antonine Wall at Rough Castle looking east. The fort lies to the south (right) of the Wall, with its annexe beyond.
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