We have to try and start to resist the temptation to place new memorials and "tidy up" already memorialised revolutionary sites for the centenary when there hasn't been landscape archaeological assessments. Aside from other issues, we have no clue about any damage being done.
Having been banging on about if for years it's a bit exasperating to see additional memorialisation is still the unquestioned mainstay of remembrance. We need some funding guidelines at Council level. It would be great to see @HeritageHubIRE develop best practice guidelines.
Memorialisation has its place, but when as a State we are not prepared to place any protection on these sites, or even require that we understand them as landscapes, we have to try and be extra careful about the potential unintended damage we can cause them with new memorials.
The current reality is that is very challenging to get even modest funding to try and understand these sites as conflict landscapes, but it is relatively easy to procure substantial funding to (albeit unintentionally) cause potentially major damage to them.
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