{"id":41765,"date":"2024-12-30T16:27:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41765"},"modified":"2024-12-30T16:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:27:07","slug":"ihbc-looks-ahead-to-2025-no-19-and-heritage-on-the-global-doorstep-dry-stone-wall-construction-added-to-unesco-list-of-protected-cultural-heritages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=41765","title":{"rendered":"IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.19, and \u2018Heritage on the global doorstep\u2019: Dry stone wall construction added to UNESCO list of protected cultural heritages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/dry_stone_rural_Open_Gov_Licence_v3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/dry_stone_rural_Open_Gov_Licence_v3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32271\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The practice of dry stone wall construction in Ireland has been added to UNESCO&#8217;s list of protected cultural heritages around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>RTE News writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dry stone walls are an iconic part of many Irish landscapes, some of which date back more than 5,000 years. A dry stone wall is one\u2026 built using only stone&#8230; At a UNESCO meeting in Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay, Ireland&#8217;s practice of dry stone construction was added to a list of practices that are considered intangible cultural heritage. It is the fifth Irish cultural practice added to the list following hurling, uilleann piping, Irish harping and Irish falconry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ken Curran of the Dry Stone Wall Association of Ireland said the UNESCO recognition showed that dry stone wall construction was a \u2018valued part\u2019 of Ireland&#8217;s cultural heritage\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The practice of constructing dry stone walls dates back to the Neolithic period and is still very active\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 The UNESCO list was established in 2003 in order to safeguard, appreciate and raise awareness of cultural heritage locally, nationally and internationally&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/ireland\/2024\/1205\/1484917-dry-stone-walls-unesco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The practice of dry stone wall construction in Ireland has been added to UNESCO&#8217;s list of protected cultural heritages around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[18,176,23,51,29,31,22],"class_list":["post-41765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-conservation","tag-cutlture","tag-expertise","tag-global","tag-heritage","tag-nature","tag-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41766,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41765\/revisions\/41766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}