Pomeroy Forest Trails vs Stecakland

Produced on behalf of Mid Ulster District Council, the Pomeroy Forest app brings you on a magical journey through woodlands near the village of Pomeroy in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The app includes two trails for children – the Renardine Nursery Trail and the Renardine Fairytale Trail, while the Grace Drennan Eco Trail is about the ecological significance of Pomeroy Forest. Each trail is divided into a series of stops that follow walking routes within the forest, where giant wooden sculptures surprise visitors along the way. These depict characters and scenes from well- known children’s fairytales, like Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretal. In addition, local myths and legends associated with Pomeroy and the surrounding area also feature at some of the stops. Each trail stop includes a multiple-choice quiz question, so you can test your knowledge and check how many rewards you‘ve earned on your journey.

STEĆAK is the name for monumental medieval tombstones that lie scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the border parts of Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. They date from the 12th to 16th centuries CE, and are laid out in rows, as was the common custom in Europe from the Middle Ages. The stećci are mostly carved from limestone. They feature a wide range of decorative motifs and inscriptions that represent iconographic continuities within medieval Europe as well as locally distinctive traditions. Since 2016, they have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage. Creative Europe project StećakLand aims to take us to the world where the symbols from the stećak “live” and introduce us to their meaning. Experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro will choose the most representative stećaks whose ornaments will populate the digital environment – StećakLand.