Case Studies

Friends of Glenan Wood

A collective Community Woodland Association exchange visit.

A carved wooden bench

Dunain Community Woodland take pride in their custodianship of the hillside with both their practical work but also with making the historical legacy visible and engaging to their guests.

 

Learning Outcomes

  • How cultural/archaeological elements have been celebrated and preserved
  • Volunteering group constitution and successes
  • Dialogue with landowner and navigation of liabilities.

“Whilst there was some (limited) interpretation signage, what was most striking was the animate nature and depth of oral history that was at play here by the organisation."