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The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland is a combination of three sites in Shetland that have applied to be on the United Kingdom "Tentative List" of possible nominations for the UNESCO World Heritage Programme list of sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humankind.〔("Forth Bridge seeks world heritage status" ) (7 July 2010) BBC News. Retrieved 1 August 2010.〕 The application was made by the Shetland Amenity Trust in 2010, and in 2011 the site became one of 11 successful UK applications to join the Tentative List, three of them from Scotland.〔("Sites make Unesco world heritage status bid shortlist" ) (22 Mar 2011) BBC Scotland. Retrieved 22 Mar 2011.〕 ==Application== The application for consideration of "Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof: The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland" as a future World Heritage Site was made after the UK government called for nominations for entries to form the UK's new Tentative List of sites. The Tentative List is used as the candidate list by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) when considering new sites for inscription. A list of 38 applications in total was announced in July 2010, after which an independent panel of experts was to assess them, with a view to paring it down and submitting it as the UK's new Tentative List to UNESCO in 2011.〔("World Heritage applications announced" ) DirectGov. Retrieved 1 August 2010.〕 Other Scottish sites on the application list included Arbroath Abbey; Buildings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow; and St Andrews, Medieval Burgh and Links,〔〔("Six Scottish sites bid for UNESCO World Heritage Status" ) ''The Courier''. Retrieved 1 August 2010.〕〔McArdle, Helen (8 July 2010) ("Six Scottish sites bid for UNESCO World Heritage Status" ) Glasgow: ''The Herald''. Retrieved 2 August 2010.〕 but only the Forth Bridge and the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland joined Shetland in the short list for future application.〔 Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore said: "All these sites have something special that draws people to them and they are recognisable across the world. I am delighted that so many of Scotland’s attractions have stepped forward and answered the UK government’s call for world heritage status.〔("World Heritage status sought for Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof" ) ''Shetland Times''. Retrieved 1 August 2010.〕 John Penrose, the Minister for Tourism & Heritage at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport also said: "what all 38 sites have in common is a wow factor and a cultural resonance that makes them real contenders".〔Gordon, Sarah (8 July 2010) ("UNESCO here we come! 38 UK sites (including some in the Caribbean) bid for tourism-boosting World Heritage status" ). London: ''Mail Online''. Retrieved 2 August 2010.〕 The Shetland Amenity Trust is the formal applicant for the Crucible application.〔( "UK Tentative List of Potential Sites for World Heritage Nomination: Application form" ) (pdf) Department for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport. Retrieved 27 Dec 2010.〕 Val Turner, a Trust archaeologist said: "Our sites are truly amazing. If we get World Heritage site status it will increase the numbers of visitors and help the island community value what it has. We are often seen as a peripheral and neglected area on the edge of the mainland, but we are in the heart of Iron Age and Viking history."〔Ross, Sian, (8 July 2010) ("Scotland's best: Bridge and bogs seek place among world wonders." ) Edinburgh: ''The Scotsman''.〕 The Shetland site falls under the UNESCO definition of a "serial property" that includes component parts related because they belong to "the same historico – cultural group".〔''Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention''. (2 February 2005) UNESCO. Section III, Article 137.〕 Assistance to the Council is available from LAWHF - Local Authorities Working Together for World Heritage. Established in 1996, this organisation represents communities across the UK "which have existing or potential World Heritage Sites within their areas."〔("LAWHF - World Heritage at the grass roots" ) LAWHF. Retrieved 3 August 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Crucible of Iron Age Shetland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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