Publications

Click Mill, Dounby, Statement of Significance

HES Statements of Significance outline the history and development of Scotland's Properties in Care. This document highlights the key features that makes Click Mill, Dounby special.

Clickimin Broch - Statement of Significance

HES Statements of Significance outline the history and development of Scotland's Properties in Care. This document highlights the key features that makes Clickimin Broch special.

Clothing for the Soul Divine

Burials at the Tomb of St Ninian

Whithorn, known as Scotland’s Cradle of Christianity, is unique in its long history as an important centre of worship, administration, and ultimately pilgrimage, dating back to the 5th century.

Cnoc Freiceadain Statement of Significance

HES Statements of Significance outline the history and development of Scotland's Properties in Care. This document highlights the key features that makes Cnoc Freiceadain special.

Code of Good Practice in Research

"Code of Good Practice in Research" is a policy document outlining the Code of Good Practice in Research at Historic Environment Scotland. Available for download in PDF format.

Compliance and Enforcement at Scheduled Monuments

HES is responsible for the protections in the 1979 Act of Parliament. We give permission for works at scheduled monuments through a process called scheduled monument consent.

Consequences of Past Stonecleaning

Intervention on Future Policy and Resources

"Consequences of Past Stonecleaning - Intervention on Future Policy and Resources" is a research report assessing the effects different cleaning regimes had on natural stone.

Conservation of Ancient Architectural Monuments in Scotland

This booklet offers guidance for owners of architectural monuments on the principles by which works should be carried out in reference to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act of 1979.

Conservation of Historic Graveyards

"Conservation of Historic Graveyards" outlines proceedings taken from the seminar in November 2001 run jointly with Historic Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Conservation of Phoebe Anna Traquair Murals

This Case Study gives an account of the conservation of the mural paintings by Phoebe Anna Traquair in the former Catholic Apostolic Church in Mansfield Place, Edinburgh.

Conserving the Underwater Heritage

This guide details Historic Scotland's policy in regard to conserving the underwater heritage. The underwater heritage subsumes the physical evidence for the human past which survives underwater.

Consultation Report: Historic Marine Protected Areas

Scapa Flow and The Queen of Sweden

A summary of feedback on our consultation on advice for the Scottish Government on the designation of Scapa Flow and The Queen of Sweden as Historic Marine Protected Areas.