Publications

A Guide To Climate Change Impacts

Created by partners from across the historic environment sector and beyond, this guide identifies risks and hazards of climate change, along with adaptation solutions, demonstrating the resilience and adaptability of our historic environment.

The Picts Guide

Including Guides to St Vigeans Museum and Meigle Museum

This extensively illustrated book explores all the available information on the Picts in an appealing, accessible and authoritative way.

Inform Guide: Repointing Rubble Stonework

This INFORM guide takes you through the steps required to be taken by contractors carrying out repointing a traditional rubble stone wall.

Inform Guide: Domestic Chimneys and Flues

"Domestic Chimneys and Flues" is an INFORM guide to flue and chimney systems, their common faults and the principles of how to deal with them, produced by Historic Environment Scotland.

Access Guide

This Access Guide provides you with access-related information for over 70 paid for attractions across Scotland maintained by Historic Environment Scotland..

Inform Guide: Timber Floors

This INFORM guide covers the basic aspects of construction and care of timber floors.

Inform Guide: Timber Staircases

This INFORM guide covers the construction of timber staircases and issues associated with their repair and maintenance.

Inform Guide: Damp Gables

This INFORM guide outlines the symptoms, likely causes, and repair options of damp gables.

INFORM Guide: Tenement Maintenance

This INFORM guide provides information about the maintenance and management of repairs in a shared building.

Linlithgow Peel Map and Guide

Information on the Ranger Service and the walks you can do at Linlithgow Peel.

Inform Guide: Thatched Roofs

This INFORM guide gives information on thatch as a roofing material on traditional/vernacular buildings.

Inform Guide: Masonry Decay

This INFORM guide offers an introduction to the principles involved in the decay of masonry.