Publications

Edinburgh Castle Wedding Brochures

Information for people interested in holding their special day at Scotland's most famous landmark.

Elgin Cathedral and the Diocese of Moray

Elgin Cathedral was the principal church of the bishops of Moray diocese, and, as an expression of the bishop’s authority, was one of Scotland’s most ambitious medieval buildings.

Fortress of the Kingdom

Archaeology and Research at Edinburgh Castle

This is the detailed history of a great castle – a reflection of its colourful and complex story, through its buildings and the lives of its occupants.

Mary Queen of Scots Papercraft Instructions

Make your own Mary Queen of Scots statue

Mary Was Here

Where Mary Queen of Scots Went and What She Did There

This fast-paced, accessible and extensively illustrated book traces Mary’s life through specific episodes at specific places on specific dates.

Monuments of Orkney

A Visitor's Guide

In this extensively illustrated guide, Orkney-based archaeologist Caroline Wickham-Jones introduces more than 60 monuments.

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 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 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).

Shifting Sands

Links of Noltland, Westray: Interim Report on Neolithic and Bronze Age Excavations 2007–09

Shifting Sands documents some of the most remarkable discoveries including the Westray Wife, a Neolithic stone figurine, now recognised as the earliest depiction of the human form known from Scotland.