Aberdeenshire's Historic Environment - what does heritage mean to you?
Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service has the role of understanding, evaluating, safeguarding, and promoting all historic environment sites within the Aberdeenshire Council area.
Through this survey we are looking for feedback on how you view the historic environment and your heritage in Aberdeenshire, and what sites are important to you, to help guide us in our future work.
Historic Environment
The historic environment is the physical evidence for human activity, the places that connect you with the past. Our definition of historic environment includes all archaeological and historical sites and objects, ranging from the earliest prehistoric finds and features through to the 20th Century defensive sites of WWI and WWII, from buried archaeological sites to upstanding buildings.
Heritage
Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Heritage encompasses our inherited traditions & customs, monuments, objects, and culture, and the contemporary activities, meanings, and behaviours that we draw from them.
We are interested to find out what you consider to be your heritage and what part heritage and the historic environment play in your life.
This survey should take around 10 minutes to complete. It is open from 1st to 30th September 2021.