
The Ridge
Building skills and capacity to deliver priorities.
Organisation: | Conservation Group, Technical Research Unit, Historic Environment Scotland |
Project title: | The Ridge |

The Ridge team
HES Staff worked closely with a charity in Dunbar to regenerate a derelict garden and train jobseekers in a range of practical skills. Supported works included the re-building of garden walls, excavation with community archaeology groups to allow re-use of parts of the garden, and consolidation and repair of derelict buildings. This programme has successfully trained a group of people in construction labouring, preparation of traditional mortars and rubble wall building. A Refurbishment Case study has been published that describes the works and will allow others to look at the feasibility of replicating a similar project.
Which OPiT key performance indicator is the project contributing to? | Main: 5
Other: 1, 8, 11 |
Contact name: | Roger Curtis |
Contact email: | Roger.curtis@hes.scot |
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Reviewed: September 2018