A new strategy has been unveiled to help better protect Falkirk's historic environment.

The updated Historic Environment Strategy, 'Our Future in the Past', sets out the suggested way forward for the promotion, management, appreciation and protection of the environment from this year up until 2023.

As well as consulting with larger partners such as Historic Environment Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and Falkirk Community Trust, the document was shaped by an online survey where around 90% agreed with the approach favoured by Falkirk Council.


Cllr Robert Spears said: "The strategy is a revised and fully updated take on our approach to looking after our valued historic environment locally.

"There are some spectacular examples of the contributions various sites have had in history such as two of Scotland's most significant battlefields: the Battle of Falkirk in 1298 during the First War of Scottish Independence and the Battle of Falkirk Muir during the Jacobite rising in 1746.

"We have a varied and rich historic landscape locally and this document will ensure we have the right way of getting the most of it as well as ensuring its preservation for future generations."

(LM)