Publications

Edinburgh Castle Names

Edinburgh Castle Research

Research Investigating into the origins of names within Edinburgh Castle.

Edinburgh Castle Research: The Stone of Destiny

Updating the Scholarship

A research report that considers recent scholarship on the Stone of Destiny and attempts to identify and address gaps in our understanding of the significance.

Edinburgh Castle in the Modern Era: Presenting Meanings

Edinburgh Castle Research

The development of Edinburgh Castle as a visitor attraction

Edinburgh Castle's Role as a Gun House

Edinburgh Castle Research

Research report on the castle’s role as a gun house.

Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook

Our Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) handbook offers practical guidance and information to those involved in the process.

Guide to Energy Retrofit of Traditional Buildings

This guide looks into the thermal retrofit of traditional buildings to improve their energy performance, through a range of fabric improvements measures to different elements of a structure.

Historic Land-use Assessment of Scotland 1996-2015

A detailed examination of past land-use in Scotland and of the building-blocks that together make up our present-day landscapes.

Skaill Farm, Westness, Orkney

A Measured Survey of a 19th Century Farmstead

Report on the measured survey of Skaill Farm in 2017-18

Stirling Castle Palace Research Reports

Interpretation of the Exterior Sculpture and The Identification and Interpretation of the Stirling Heads

Research on the exterior stone sculpture of Stirling Castle Palace and the carved wooden roundels known as the Stirling Heads.

Technical Paper 34

Energy consumption and behaviour profiles for eight traditionally built dwellings

This paper gives an insight into the energy consumption and occupier comfort and behaviour for eight traditionally build dwellings in Edinburgh and surroundings.

Technical Paper 35: Moisture Measurement in the Historic Environment

.This paper gives an overview of different methods for moisture measurement in historic structures.

Technical Paper 37: Hygrothermal Properties of Scottish Masonry Materials

This paper outlines the results of research around the hygrothermal properties of Scottish masonry materials for use in modelling software such as WUFI.