"The Island’s historic environment is a key part of our unique character and informs our identity.
There is an amazing range of historic environments – from the everyday agricultural, domestic and commercial buildings and structures that make up our streets, villages and countryside to the extraordinary earliest human homes in sea caves, Mediaeval open field systems, huge stone monuments, unique Jersey Round Towers, World War II coastal defences, forts, towers, castles and churches.
This inheritance is integral to Jersey’s character and forms a backdrop to life on the Island. Our heritage is an irreplaceable asset which contributes to our understanding of both the present and the past. It adds to the quality of our lives, by enhancing the familiar, cherished local scene and celebrates our local distinctiveness."