Historic battlefields across Scotland are to be given more protection. A list of the country's most important battlegrounds is being drawn up and is expected to be complete by 2011. Councils will then have to consider a site's history when deciding planning applications, although building on battlefields will not be forbidden. The scheme was officially unveiled on the 320th anniversary of the Battle of Killiecrankie, the first major battle of the Jacobite Risings. Culture Minister Michael Russell said: "There's a real passion and affection for Scottish history, not just in Scotland but worldwide, and names such as Bannockburn, such as Culloden, such as Flodden - failures as well as successes - are known worldwide and people want to know that we in Scotland are looking after these places and remembering their importance. "This is not to say that there won't be change, there's always change in the every landscape, but the change has to be sensitive and the change has to take account of the fact that these are very important places." [...]