Edinburgh World Heritage
Edinburgh World Heritage is an independent charity in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Old Town Renewal Trust and the New Town Conservation Committee amalgamated to form Edinburgh World Heritage in 1999. It was created through donations from the City of Edinburgh Council and Historic Scotland. It has the role of conserving, enhancing and promoting Edinburgh's World Heritage Site "Old and New Towns of Edinburgh", which was designated in 1995.[1][2]
Melville monument[]
In 2008 the Melville Monument, St Andrew Square. was restored as part of the Twelve Monuments Project, a joint initiative of Edinburgh World Heritage and the City of Edinburgh Council.[3] In August 2020 EWH were the Agents in a planning application to erect a plaque on the monument. The plaque was intended to honour victims of slavery whose enslavement was connected to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. A descendant criticised the characterisation of Dundas as ‘biased’, ‘defamatory’ and ‘historically inaccurate’.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ "What We Do". Edinburgh World Heritage. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ "Old and New Towns of Edinburgh". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "The Melville Monument". Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ BBC News for Edinburgh, Fife and East (14 June 2020). "Henry Dundas descendant defends ancestor's record". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ Horne, M (2020). Rewording of Henry Dundas plaque bad history... (subscription required)
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