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The Department records, promotes and protects archaeological sites and monuments through our statutory powers and advisory roles. These sites contain evidence of over 9,000 years of human activity in Northern Ireland, from mesolithic hunter-gatherers to the industrial and defence heritage of the recent past.
Subtopics
- Historic Monuments
- Historic Monuments Council
- Scheduled Historic Monuments
- State Care Monuments
- The Derry Walls
- Advice for Monument Owners
- Historic Environment Advice and Guidance in the Planning Process
- Archaeology
- Protecting Northern Ireland's archaeology
- Historic Environment Projects
- Sites and Monuments Record
- Historic Parks, Gardens and Demesnes
- Defence Heritage
- Industrial Archaeology
- Marine historic environment
- Monuments advice and guidance
- Heritage at Risk
- Advice for finders of treasure in Northern Ireland
- A Guide to Metal Detecting, Archaeology and the Law
- Historic Environment Toolkit
- The Listing Process for historic buildings
- Heritage and Climate Change
- Controlling the plants on The Derry Walls
- Shipwrecks
- Hiring a State Care Monument
- State Care Monuments list
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How to request information from the Department for Communities including Freedom of Information (FOI) and the use of our Publication Scheme. You may also request your own personal information, via a Right of Access Request.