Publications

Glenluce Abbey Statement of Significance

Document outlining the significance of Glenluce Abbey, including key features which make the property special.

Grain Earth House Statement of Significance

HES Statements of Significance are documents outlining the history and development of Scotland's Properties in Care. This SoS outlines the key features of Grain Earth House.

Graveyards and Gravestones 1

Working in a Graveyard

Information on the legal implications of work on a historic graveyard.

Graveyards and Gravestones 2

Good Practice

Information on best practice in maintaining a historic graveyard from planning through to implementation.

Graveyards and Gravestones 3

Looking After Gravestones

This leaflet describes best practice in looking after gravestones.

Graveyards and Gravestones 4

Health and Safety Guidance for Visitors and Owners

Guidance on health and safety issues for visitors to graveyards and owners of memorials.

Graveyards and Gravestones 5

Health and Safety for Works Teams and Volunteers

This leaflet provides straightforward guidance on how to work safely in historic graveyards.

Graveyards and Gravestones 6

Emergency measures for historic memorials

A short guide for cemetery managers

Graveyards and Gravestones 7

Grants

Information on our grants for ancient monuments and historic buildings and how they apply.

Graveyards and Gravestones 8

Abandoned Structures

This leaflet provides guidance on how to look after abandoned structures within graveyards.

Great Crowns of Stone

Great Crowns of Stone draws on studies stretching back to the early 16th century. A landmark book, it presents the most radical & complete account of these evocative ancient monuments ever published.

Green Recovery Case Studies

A series of case studies that demonstrate how our historic environment can make a vital contribution to Scotland’s green recovery from the pandemic and its transition to net zero and a climate resilient society.