{"id":19521,"date":"2016-09-09T11:15:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T10:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/?p=19521"},"modified":"2016-09-11T19:54:46","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T18:54:46","slug":"custodians-of-our-nations-heritage-propagandists-of-conquest-and-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/custodians-of-our-nations-heritage-propagandists-of-conquest-and-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Custodians of our Nation&#8217;s Heritage: Propagandists of Conquest and Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black','avant garde';\">BY A GUEST WRITER<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Having followed a series of excellent reports published by Jac related to the custodianship of our nation&#8217;s heritage, I should like to return to that telling mission statement of the National Trust for Scotland:-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cScotland\u2019s rich cultural heritage is not only an invaluable economic and social resource, <strong>it is what gives Scotland\u2019s people a sense of belonging and identity<\/strong>; as such it is one of our nation\u2019s most precious assets.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nts.org.uk\/Buildings\/Heritage\/\">Read it for yourself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A sense of belonging and identity &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So what are the priorities of the official custodians of our nation&#8217;s heritage? And what does that reveal about how they see the Welsh people and their identity?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Just to recap, the most prominent custodians of our nation&#8217;s heritage are:-<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Cadw<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaltrust.org.uk\/days-out\/regionwales\/wales\">The National Trust<\/a> (for Wales: see England).<\/li>\n<li>A rag bag of trusts and corporations run largely, it would seem, by <a href=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/ystrad-fflur-heritage-industry-moves\/\">retired English army officers and friends of &#8220;Prince&#8221; Charles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cadw.gov.wales\/about\/?lang=en\">Cadw<\/a> sets out its own three-fold mission statement with admirable clarity:-<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>&#8220;We conserve Wales\u2019s heritage.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We help people <strong><em>understand and care about their history<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We help sustain the <strong><em>distinctive character of Wales<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Worthy goals but, as we all know, there are mission statements and mission statements.\u00a0 Some provide organizations with clarity of purpose, motivation and a tool for making better decisions and focusing resources.\u00a0 Others are sidestepped and forgotten with the same ease with which they were adopted \u2013 in short, a complete waste of time and effort.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Let&#8217;s take a look at what Cadw does in practice.\u00a0 Their resourcing priorities, exhibitions and events, educational activities, and interpretation of historical sites, is overwhelmingly skewed towards the Edwardian Conquest castles \u2013 Caernarfon, Conwy, Beaumaris, Harlech, Rhuddlan, Criccieth and Flint.\u00a0 These are, after all, the great draws for visiting English tourists, and for UK Lottery grants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cadw-Year-of-Adventure.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19536\" src=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cadw-Year-of-Adventure.png\" alt=\"cadw-year-of-adventure\" width=\"639\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cadw-Year-of-Adventure.png 639w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cadw-Year-of-Adventure-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cadw-Year-of-Adventure-600x412.png 600w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Cadw-Year-of-Adventure-96x66.png 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Furthermore, in its interpretation of historical sites, Cadw presents a very one-sided view of Welsh history.\u00a0 The significance of the conquest castles was encapsulated by Thomas Pennant in 1772 when he described Caernarfon Castle as &#8220;the most magnificent badge of our subjection&#8221;.\u00a0 It is for this reason that some have questioned whether CADW&#8217;s name was in fact an acronym for &#8220;Celebrate All Defeats of the Welsh&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Cadw fails utterly, for example, to link the construction of the conquest castles with the corresponding systematic looting and destruction of all of the sites, structures and artefacts associated with sovereign and independent Welsh power and authority \u2013 Aberconwy Abbey (the mausoleum of the Princes of Gwynedd), the royal &#8220;llys&#8221; at Aberffraw, the Welsh regalia including the &#8220;Talaith&#8221; (coronet) and &#8220;Y Groes Naid&#8221; (the sacred relic believed to be a fragment of the True Cross).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19533\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19533\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Harlech_Badge-of-Subjection.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19533 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Harlech_Badge-of-Subjection.jpg\" alt=\"harlech_badge-of-subjection\" width=\"564\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Harlech_Badge-of-Subjection.jpg 564w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Harlech_Badge-of-Subjection-239x240.jpg 239w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Harlech_Badge-of-Subjection-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Harlech_Badge-of-Subjection-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Harlech_Badge-of-Subjection-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Harlech_Badge-of-Subjection-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Harlech_Badge-of-Subjection-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Harlech_Badge-of-Subjection-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harlech Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So what is the aspect of the Welsh identity that Cadw seeks to present, in order to foster our nation&#8217;s understanding of our history and distinctive character?\u00a0 Subjection.\u00a0 English overlordship.\u00a0 The futility of aspiring to our own national destiny.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The secondary areas of focus for Cadw appear to be the castles of the Marches, those bastions of alien encroachment.\u00a0 Chepstow, Monmouth, Skenfrith, Grosmont, Tretower, Montgomery, Oxwich, Weobley, Kidwelly, Llansteffan, Cilgerran.\u00a0 Again, these are presented in a sanitized manner that utterly disregards the centuries of racial segregation of Englishries and Welshries, of penal laws excluding the Welsh from holding offices, or living, trading or owning property in the boroughs developed for English colonists under the protection of those castles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Meanwhile, the recent article highlighting <a href=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/the-national-trust\/\">the &#8220;Powis&#8221; Castle experience<\/a>\u00a0showed how uninterested and ill-equipped the National Trust is to foster an understanding in our nation of our own history and distinctive character.\u00a0 The National Trust perpetuates the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century taxonomic convention: &#8220;For Wales, see England&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For the National Trust, any historical interpretation of its sites beyond the superficial Downton Abbey upstairs-downstairs world of Anglo-gentry of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> and 19<sup>th<\/sup> centuries and their anonymous native servants falls well outside their comfort zone.\u00a0 This is the context in which their sites at Newton House (Dinefwr), Penrhyn Castle, Llanerchaeron and Tredegar are presented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To illustrate further the stupendous bias of the custodians of our nation&#8217;s heritage in presenting our history, I have started to gather a list of the most neglected (or misrepresented) sites of primary importance in the history of Wales, focusing on sites that pre-date the Acts of Union (or Penal Assimilation Acts) of the 1530s.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here is the list that I have gathered to date:-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Sycharth (&#8220;<em>Llys Owain Glynd\u0175r<\/em>&#8220;)<\/strong>.\u00a0 This was the birthplace and home of Owain Glynd\u0175r, our last Welsh Prince of Wales, and the subject of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canolfanglyndwr.org\/iolo-goch-llys-owain.php\">Iolo Goch&#8217;s famous poem<\/a>.\u00a0 The buildings were destroyed by Harry of Monmouth (later Henry V, King of England) in 1403.\u00a0 For a description of the shameful neglect of this site today, I commend <a href=\"https:\/\/wizzley.com\/finding-sycharth-the-home-of-owain-glyndwr\/\">this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sycharth.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19532\" src=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sycharth.jpg\" alt=\"sycharth\" width=\"560\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sycharth.jpg 560w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sycharth-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sycharth-96x72.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Church of SS. Mael and Sulien, Corwen<\/strong>.\u00a0 The dedication to two Welsh saints of the 6th century indicates that this lovely 14<sup>th<\/sup> century building is located on the site of a church foundation of great antiquity.\u00a0 This is believed to have been the location where Owain Glynd\u0175r was acclaimed as the true and rightful Prince of Wales on 16 September 1400 in the presence of Ieuan Trefor, Bishop of St. Asaph.\u00a0 It is this event that elevates this site to one of primary importance in the history of our nation, and the proper focal point for annual celebrations of Owain Glynd\u0175r Day (Sept 16).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19529\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Acclamation-of-Owain-Prince-of-Wales_Corwen-1400.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19529 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Acclamation-of-Owain-Prince-of-Wales_Corwen-1400.jpg\" alt=\"acclamation-of-owain-prince-of-wales_corwen-1400\" width=\"514\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Acclamation-of-Owain-Prince-of-Wales_Corwen-1400.jpg 514w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Acclamation-of-Owain-Prince-of-Wales_Corwen-1400-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Acclamation-of-Owain-Prince-of-Wales_Corwen-1400-96x61.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acclamation of Glynd\u0175r<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Pennal (Gwynedd)<\/strong>.\u00a0 The church was founded in the 6<sup>th<\/sup> century, but was so re-named and dedicated by Owain Glynd\u0175r, Prince of Wales, in competition with the chapel of St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London, one of the chapels royal of his rival, Henry IV, King of England. Pennal was regarded with honour because of its status as one of the 21 <em>llysoedd<\/em>, the courts of the true Welsh Princes of Gwynedd.\u00a0 The real significance of this site stems from it being the location of the parliament at which Owain Glynd\u0175r set out his policy programme for the independent state of Wales, recorded in the famous &#8220;Pennal Letter&#8221; addressed to Charles VI, King of France.\u00a0 The enlightened policies which he expounded included establishing two universities in Wales, one in the North and one in the South, ending the subjection of the metropolitan church of St. David (St. David&#8217;s Cathedral) to Canterbury, re-establishing the independence of the Welsh Church, and ending oppression &#8220;by the fury of the barbarous Saxons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Bryn Glas (Pilleth) battlefield<\/strong>.\u00a0 The battle, which was fought on 22 June 1402, near the towns of Knighton and Presteigne (Powys), was one of the greatest Welsh victories against an English army in the open field.\u00a0 It paved the way for a truly national rising in Wales, the establishment of an independent state ruled by Owain Glynd\u0175r, our last Welsh Prince of Wales, and the alliance with France.\u00a0 The battle also provoked punitive expeditions by Henry IV (King of England) that were marked by many acts of brutality and rape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Aberffraw &#8220;Llys\/Maerdref&#8221;<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is the site of the &#8220;llys&#8221; (royal court) of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, from the 9<sup>th<\/sup> to 12th century, and symbolic throne of the Kings of Gwynedd until the 13<sup>th<\/sup> century Wars of Independence.\u00a0 The Llys was dismantled in 1315 to provide building materials for nearby Beaumaris Castle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19530\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Aberffraw-Llys.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19530 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Aberffraw-Llys.jpg\" alt=\"aberffraw-llys\" width=\"550\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Aberffraw-Llys.jpg 550w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Aberffraw-Llys-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Aberffraw-Llys-96x53.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aberffraw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Abergwyngregyn<\/strong>.\u00a0 This site, surrounded by the most majestic scenery, was the seat of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales, and location of his brother Dafydd&#8217;s capture by the English invaders in 1283.\u00a0 Abergwyngregyn is also the setting for &#8220;Siwan&#8221;, Saunders Lewis&#8217;s masterpiece of Welsh language drama based on the marriage of Siwan\/Joan (daughter of the King of England) and Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Wales.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Aberconwy Abbey (pre-conquest site)<\/strong>.\u00a0 On this site a Cistercian house was developed under the patronage of Llywelyn the Great and his successors.\u00a0 This was the burial place of Llywelyn the Great, his sons Dafydd and Gruffudd.\u00a0 It was also seat of &#8220;Y Groes Naid&#8221; kept by the kings of Gwynedd, the sacred relic believed to be a fragment of the True Cross, expropriated by the English (with the &#8220;Talaith&#8221; and other Welsh regalia) in 1283 and removed to London.\u00a0 In an act of deliberate symbolism, Edward I (King of England) destroyed this mausoleum of the princes of Gwynedd following the Wars of Independence in order to build his own castle on the site where the abbey had stood.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19534\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Coffin-of-Llywelyn-the-Great.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19534 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Coffin-of-Llywelyn-the-Great.jpg\" alt=\"coffin-of-llywelyn-the-great\" width=\"564\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Coffin-of-Llywelyn-the-Great.jpg 564w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Coffin-of-Llywelyn-the-Great-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Coffin-of-Llywelyn-the-Great-96x72.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coffin of Llywelyn Fawr (now in St Grwst&#8217;s, Llanrwst)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When will our nation have worthy custodians of our own historical, architectural and cultural heritage?\u00a0 When will the official custodians accept and apply the guiding principle in of the National Trust for Scotland that the nation&#8217;s heritage is so much more than an economic resource: it gives our people &#8220;a sense of belonging and identity&#8221;?\u00a0 When will they truly embrace the goals of helping our nation to &#8220;understand and care about their history&#8221; and sustaining &#8220;the distinctive character of Wales&#8221;?<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ End\u00a0~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<\/span><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Jac adds . . .<\/strong>\u00a0Anyone who is still in any doubt about Cadw&#8217;s purpose should know that in a few weeks time Caernarfon Castle will host\u00a0an <a href=\"http:\/\/cadw.gov.wales\/events\/poppies-at-caernarfon-castle\/?lang=en\">orgy\u00a0of Britishness<\/a> that will seek to engender loyalty to the most unequal and undemoc<a href=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Y-Groes-Naid-black-background.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19539\" src=\"http:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Y-Groes-Naid-black-background.jpg\" alt=\"y-groes-naid-black-background\" width=\"200\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Y-Groes-Naid-black-background.jpg 367w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Y-Groes-Naid-black-background-125x240.jpg 125w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Y-Groes-Naid-black-background-311x600.jpg 311w, https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Y-Groes-Naid-black-background-50x96.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>ratic state in Europe by cynically exploiting the butchery of the First World War. Yes, folks, the poppies are coming to town!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So get great-uncle Arthur&#8217;s medals out of the cupboard, bone up on the Somme, explain to the kids that Britain was defending democracy and freedom, and start whistling <em>Tipperary<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our guest writer mentioned Y Groes Naid, and while no one knows what it looked like, a few years back someone knocked up an imagined Groes Naid. I can&#8217;t be sure, but I&#8217;m reasonably certain it was somehow connected with <em>Cambria<\/em> magazine. Maybe someone reading this will know, so get in touch and I&#8217;ll be happy to attribute it. (Click to enlarge.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our guest writer also mentioned the coffin of Llywelyn Fawr; well I visited St Grwst&#8217;s earlier this year and I would recommend that all patriots do the same.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>UPDATE 09.09.2016:<\/strong><\/span> Someone has made me aware of a consultation process being undertaken by the &#8216;Welsh Government on proposals for secondary legislation to support the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/consultations.gov.wales\/consultations\/proposals-secondary-legislation-support-historic-environment-wales-act-2016-and-draft\">Here&#8217;s a link<\/a>. Also available is <a href=\"https:\/\/consultations.gov.wales\/consultations\/proposed-technical-advice-note-tan-24-historic-environment\">Technical Advice Note (TAN) 24<\/a> asking for <strong>&#8220;your views on . . . detailed planning advice on the historic environment in Wales&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Was anyone aware of this legislation, this &#8216;consultation&#8217; process? Or was it restricted to interested parties guaranteed not to challenge the <em>status quo<\/em>? Anyway, the deadline is October 3, so tell them what <em>you<\/em> think.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY A GUEST WRITER Having followed a series of excellent reports published by Jac related to the custodianship of our nation&#8217;s heritage, I should like to return to that telling mission statement of the National Trust for Scotland:- \u201cScotland\u2019s rich cultural heritage is not only an invaluable economic and social resource, it is what gives &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/custodians-of-our-nations-heritage-propagandists-of-conquest-and-empire\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Custodians of our Nation&#8217;s Heritage: Propagandists of Conquest and Empire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[440,196,15,99,62],"tags":[2445,2446,2453,2451,842,2449,2459,2450,2454,2455,433,2385,872,2452,2456,621,2448,2457,2458,2444,2447],"class_list":["post-19521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-british-nationalism","category-history","category-third-sector","category-tourism","category-welsh-government","tag-aberconwy-abbey","tag-aberffraw","tag-abergwyngregyn","tag-bryn-glas","tag-cadw","tag-church-of-ss-mael-and-sulien","tag-historic-environment-wales-act-2016","tag-ieuan-trefor","tag-llywelyn-fawr","tag-llywelyn-the-great","tag-national-trust","tag-national-trust-for-scotland","tag-owain-glyndwr","tag-pilleth","tag-st-grwsts","tag-st-peter-ad-vincula","tag-sycharth","tag-tan-24","tag-technical-advice-note-24","tag-thomas-pennant","tag-y-groes-naid"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3gS9T-54R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacothenorth.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}