Publications

Progress report on the conservation and management of properties in care

The purpose of this report is to provide an update on progress one year on, in relation to the properties in care, with a particular focus on conservation.

Responsible Tourism Framework

Transforming heritage tourism

The purpose of this framework is to define our understanding of, and role in, responsible tourism. It outlines the principles guiding our organisation’s decision-making and around which we can build actions going forward.

Resumption Operating Standards

Our Resumption Operating Standards (which replaces the former Minimum Operating Standards) provides the latest information on HES’s corporate policies and management of properties, as we transition through the next phase of the resumption process.

Robert the Bruce Trail

A Netflix original, Outlaw King, follows Robert the Bruce’s battle to regain control after being made an outlaw by the King of England for taking the Scottish Crown.

Scotland from the Sky

In this book, you will travel in both space and time, starting in the years around the First World War and moving all the way up to the present day.

Scotland's First World War

Scotland's First World War is one of the first books to focus on Scotland’s built heritage of war as a whole – from coast and air defences to hospitals and prisoner of war camps.

Scotland's History

Historian Fiona Watson looks back across thousands of years into the lives of the people of Scotland. She captures the critical moments and memorable personalities known throughout the world

Scotland's Landscapes

Scotland’s Landscapes tells the enduring story of this interaction between man and his environment with stunning new imagery from the National Collection of Aerial Photography.

Scotland's Prisons

Research Report 2015

This report is intended as a preliminary aid to the review of the listed Scottish Prison Service estate and it provides an overview of Scottish prisons as a building type.

Scotland's Public Libraries

Designations Report 2021

A report about the architectural and historical development of purpose-built, public libraries in Scotland.

Scotland's Sporting Buildings

Scotland’s Sporting Buildings brings the special interest of these sites and structures to life for the first time in a fascinating and accessible guide.

Scotland's Thatched Buildings

Introductory Designations Report 2018

This report is to inform the designations review of over 300 buildings in Scotland which are thatched or are recorded as having had been thatched. 236 of these buildings are currently listed (2018).